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...another coalition to build an open-operating system called Android that will work in the next generation of cell phones as well as other consumer devices. The Open Handset Alliance has 34 members - mobile-phone carriers as well as handset makers, including Motorola, LG Electronics, Samsung, China Mobile, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile. Though Google ceo Eric Schmidt sits on Apple's board of directors and Jobs saluted Google as a partner whose apps were on the iPhone, Apple is notably not in the alliance...
...wait till the next generation: LG makes a phone with a breathalyzer built in. Sprint and Nextel have introduced Sprint Family Locator, kind of like LoJack for your kids. Several companies are trying out scented phones, while Nokia dreams of developing one with smell sensors. Samsung is at work with South Korean scientists on cell phones, according to the Korea Times, "that can feel, think, evolve and reproduce" and have "artificial chromosomes," all of which suggests that our gadgets will eventually replace us as parents--pestering, tracking, supervising and ultimately procreating...
Android, announced Monday, is an open-source operating system for cell phones. The project is a collaboration between Google, Sprint Nextel, Qualcomm, Motorola, and other leading internet and communications companies...
...this summer will now take place off the track. The storybook scenario would have Earnhardt behind the wheel of the number 3 car that his father drove for Richard Childress Racing, winning six of his seven season championships. While technically still active, that number has not been on the Nextel Cup circuit since Dale Earnhardt, Sr., died in a wreck at Daytona...
...global domination theory would see him join Hendrick Motorsports in a lineup somewhat akin to having Michael Jordan, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson all on the same team. Hendrick, which has won six of the last seven Nextel Cup races, is home to four-time Nextel Cup champion Jeff Gordon, who recently passed Earnhardt Sr. on the career wins list, and defending champion Jimmie Johnson, as well as Kyle Busch and Casey Mears. With the four-team limit on owners imposed by NASCAR, either Busch or Mears would have to go, but Dale Jr.'s appeal to sponsors and fans...