Granted, it's not the largest screen in the smartphone world, (that's probably the HTC EVO 4G with a 4.3-inch screen), and it's neither the very fastest smartphone (there are 1.2GhZ dual core processor phones like the HTC Sensation) nor does it have the highest resolution camera (the MyTouch 4G Slide has an eight-megapixel camera), but it is more than respectable.
Gamblers have used online payment processors, phone-based deposits and prepaid credit cards to circumvent the ban.
The next upgrade, in 2011, will boost the machine's performance again and replace its AMD chip with a lower-power processor from phone chip maker Marvell.
Coupled with Qualcomm's 1GHz Snapdragon processor, this phone has a lot of multimedia potential.
When users (and the term 'user' here is important) take up a tool or artifact (word processor, mobile phone, etc) it will tend to have an impact on the way they do things.
Packing a big ol' 4.3″ screen (the resolution of which is currently in question, though it's likely the same 858×480 screen as the original Droid), an 8 megapixel camera with 720p video recording, and an 1GHZ ARMv7 processor, this phone easily snatches the flagship Android crown from the Droid Incredible — a title which the handset just got five weeks ago.
And thanks to the 64-bit A7 processor, this phone, more than any iPhone before it, is likely to be the device that grows more appealing as the software ecosystem catches up, which is great news for buyers looking for something that isn't so easily replaced by the next big thing that comes along.
"I'm not sure how you make consumers care about how many processors a phone has," said Mr Wood.
The video realm, though, is much broader than Google's Net-centric business, reaching out to cameras, processors, mobile phones, movies and TVs.
Took private 1995, expanded into food processors (Cuisinart), phones.
