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The mythical Google Phone is "no longer a myth, it's very real," says TechCrunch, in case you're keeping score. The supposedly Google-branded, Google-designed device could render days-old relics like the Droid phone instantly ancient. Of course, in this case very real means doesn't exactly exist yet, and this picture we have here is fantasy art on the level of H.R. Giger. Why would Google "infuriate its partners" who make phones that use Google's Android software , by competing against them?, asks Daring Fireball. "Maybe it thinks companies making Android phones so far are doing a crappy job," suggests Business Insider. Uh, maybe it won't compete because technically it won't be a phone, Crunch argues back: it could be a data-only VoIP thing, so you wouldn't have to sign up for phone service. You'd sign up for data service, and merely use it like a phone. "It's unclear how supportive the carriers would be of a data-only Google Phone considering it directly affects their primary business," notes Android Central. Unclear, indeed. Gizmodo said it best: "Right now, we don't know much of anything." (But we know we love you, Google Phone, and that may be all we need to know.)
Counting Down to New Moon Madness
Let the New Moon mania begin! The second Twilight film hits theaters this Friday, with screenings beginning at midnight tonight. Advance tickets are selling like crazy. "My quick survey of box office analysts shows that Hollywood is expecting New Moon to do Iron Man numbers, or $100M," writes Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood, though said analysts are concerned about the film attracting "attracting males, any males, beyond its core of tween, teen, and older females." Twitter is exploding with New Moon excitement, with tweets about the movie "now climbing at an exponential rate, with over 81,000 tweets on Tuesday, November 17th"--and 92% of those have been positive, reports Mashable. Early reviews, however, are less than positive. (Even Miley Cyrus doesn't like Twilight!)...
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