REFRESH FOR UPDATES – NEWEST STUFF AT TOP!
11:18 – Alright kids. Live blog over. Time to get up some more info in post form!
11:07 They just asked Andy Rubin what was invented first, the iPhone or Android. He dodged the questions brilliantly and Om Malik called him out.
10:53 – Here comes head android ANDY RUBIN and Om Malik founder of GigaOM (who put on this conference)
10:52 – Click will be called the Motorola Dext elsewhere in the world and be available on Orange, Telefonica and America Movil
10:51 – Motorola Blur will go global in 2010 and the Motorola Click includes:
10:50 – They complimented each other a bunch just short of hugging it out.
10:48 – Coming in 2 colors, black and titanium white.
10:47 – Cole gives Sanjay credit for their innovation. Something they are RECENTLY known for in terms of mobile devices but I hope this changes that drastically.
10:46 – This is looking good for both Motorola and T-Mobile. I mean, T-Mo is going to have THREE Android phones already. Exciting stuff. BTW I guess “Portfolio” bundles in the Motorola Blur and all the stuff it brings.
10:45 – MOTOROLA CLICK! Looks like we know why HTC dropped that Click name!
10:44 – MotoBlur helps you find your lost phone. Set it up once and you’re good to go. Ballin’
10:43 – When someone calls you see their LATEST profile picture AND their most recent status update – pretty cool on the status thing. He said he wouldn’t visit the guy who the demo was calling because he looked HEATED lol
10:43 – Connects all your accounts into 1 address book and saves to SIM card. BTW the phone looks like the Morrison but a black, sexier version. Less “kiddish” as many of you were hoping.
10:42 – Thrid widget is the messages widget. See ALL of the messages in ONE stream. Get up to speed fast and focus on WHAT they have to say instead of what MEDIUM they used.
10:41 – Widget called “happenings” allows you to see what people are up to and connect to them in all the various ways you interact whether Twitter, Facebook, SMS or anything else
10:40 – He is showing moto blur with its features. Social networking is the first – you can send your status update to ALL YOUR social networks at ONCE or each separately. Pretty cool.
10:38 – recording moto blur video
10:37 – multiple email accounts, multiple address books, multiple this and that and a lot to manage. What would the solution be? I’m guessing what they’re about to announce.
10:36 – Talking social networking. We’ve heard this… big numbers
10:35 – He will be sharing A device today. In coming weeks a 2nd device available in holiday season. So there you have it we’ll see ONE phone today it sounds like. 2nd one soon after.
10:34 – They have taken a leadership role with Android as founding members of the OHA and have supported it throughout. Oh please Mr. Jha tell us how! PORTFOLIO HE SAID PORTFOLIO YAY
10:31 – Different people have different definition of smartphones but Jha says it means
10:30 – He is talking about wireless broadband and as we speak my wireless broadband has slowed down due to the number of people accessing WiFi!
10:28 – Sanjay Jha on stage!
10:26 – Kevin Tofel rom JKontheRun on the stage tellings not to clog the Emergency exit. Fun stuff.
10:25 – They are supposed to be starting this very instant. Uhohz! Still waiting…
10:20 – @John V – my very first Live Blog for Phandroid was done with Cover It Live and it was a complete and utter Live Blog Failure!
10:16 – @comments – I DO have a tripod with me, but it is semi-busted and would be hard to set up in the 2nd row. Hmmmmm… what will inevitably end up happening is I try to get a little of everything and end up with a lot of nothing! LOL jk have some faith. As long as the web connection holds up I’ll get you guys whatever I can.
10:13 – in my quest to release anxiety over the next 10-15 minutes… I want to remind you folks that people from Phandroid and AndroidForums hang out on IRC (freenode) at #androidforums. If you’re looking to chat it up about the event and announcements afterward that would be a great place to go in addition to the forum itself. If you sign up as a member you can launch chat direct from your browser via the “IRC Chat” link in the navbar :)
10:11 – in related news, Phandroid is now hiring a video guy, photographer guy, and live blogger guy. Or girl. Or robot. Whatever. This. Is. Complicated.
10:08 – Watch it LIVE on LIVESTREAM – thanks to Chris in comments for the tip! So I guess we’ll just do information for folks who can’t stream it (maybe at work?) and the occasional picture to be posted afterwards?
10:06 – We already have a couple votes for information 1st, pictures 2nd and video LAST. Is this what you think? Video last means no video at all LOL because I only have 2 hands.
10:04 – I should have used one of those Contest Winners as my multimedia assistant! LOL
10:00 – I know the comment form is messed up… apologies. But I’ll approve your comments until this thing starts. Then it’s all about the live blog, baby… so while I’m still approving coents what would you prefer? The info now or the video immediately after?
9:58 – the success of this will be dependent on how well the internet is working. And as usual, I’m torn between updating this thing live or getting some good video to put up immediately after… hmmm choices choices.
9:51 – Alright folks I’ve been here all morning long for a bunch of awesome sessions at Mobilize 2009 but the one we are waiting for starts in about 35 minutes… the Motorola Android event! It is scheduled to start at 10:25am so stay tuned and cure your boredom with me.