When the subject of a rumored Dell cell phone came up at the company’s financial analyst meeting this week, Dell indicated there was one coming, but gave few details on it. So far, all we know for sure is that it will be based on LTE, or 4G network technologies, putting the timing for the device in 2011 for appreciable volume (though it is at least possible we could see it in late 2010). I figured it might be fun to chat about what Dell needed it to be, if it was going to beat the iPhone. Given that Dell’s Digital Jukebox got its butt kicked by the iPod, I’m thinking the company is looking for a rematch, and could do it right this time.
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Nvidia and Acer Ionize the Desktop PC to Spite Intel
It’s not often you see a product that is both cool, and designed to embarrass one of the technology suppliers that created it. One particular case makes both an interesting product and an interesting back story. Not only did one of the major parts suppliers abstain from its announcement, the company did its level best to try to stop the product altogether.
Did Bell Really Invent The Phone?
It’s one of the facts everyone learns in school – the telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell. But author Seth Shulman is set to debunk history in his new book, TheTelephone Gambit: Chasing Alexander Graham Bell’s Secret. He claims that Bell plagiarized the phone design of his rival Elisha Gray. That’s a big claim, but on its website,Shulman’s publisher, W W Norton, says that “"Bell furtively — and illegally — copied part of Elisha Gray’s invention in the race tosecure what would become the most valuable US patent ever issued. As Bell’s device led to the world’s largest monopoly, he hid his invention’s illicit beginnings." That monopoly, ofcourse, was AT&T. Shulman not only looked at Bell’s letters, but also his journals, and has concluded that he colluded with a patent examiner tolook at Gray’s patent documents, and thanks to a feisty legal team was able to claim credit for filing his patent first. The book ispublished next month.
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