android
Presentation: Design for an Augment Reality world
For posterity here is the slideshare version of my Augmented Reality talk, which I presented for the first time at Refresh Events in Toronto. As a first cut, this presentation represented more of a shotgun scattershot rather than a linearly coherent narrative of the various thoughts on this topic currently spinning in my head my [...]
Why do wireless devices need to be phones?
Wow, Verizon has just made a very important announcement today:
“Verizon Wireless today announced that it will provide customers the option to use, on its nationwide wireless network, wireless devices, software and applications not offered by the company. Verizon Wireless plans to have this new choice available to customers throughout the country by the end of [...]
Do androids dream of electric pants?
Thanks to Open Gardens for pointing this out. Two good vids on youtube demoing googles new mobile phone operating system/software platform called android.
The first video features Sergey Brin himself introducing some of the things android can do. (which are pretty cool)
As for the second video, I don’t even know what’s more interesting, the fact you [...]


Thomas Purves
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