Presence and IntComm WG

[Ben Teitelbaum <>]

From http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/22/technology/22google.html

  Indeed, largely overlooked last week in the glare of the $4 billion
  stock announcement was Google's acquisition of Android Inc., a
  start-up founded by a former Apple hardware designer, Andy
  Rubin. The move did not go unnoticed, however, by Silicon Valley
  cognoscenti.

  Mr. Rubin, who also worked for General Magic when it was in its
  start-up phase, went on to be a co-founder of Danger Inc., maker of
  the Sidekick smart phone, a combination cellphone and personal
  organizer that is sold by T-Mobile. Mr. Rubin is being joined by
  Andy Hertzfeld, another Apple and General Magic veteran. General
  Magic developed a handheld device in the 1990's.

  The Sidekick was an early favorite of both Mr. Page and Mr. Brin,
  who wore the units on their belts as all-purpose voice and data
  communicators several years ago.

  A Google-branded smart phone has long been a pet project of
  Mr. Page, and earlier this year Google invested $2 million in a
  project by Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the M.I.T. Media
  Laboratory, to develop a $100 wireless laptop. The smart-phone idea,
  which the company has not talked about publicly, would be a way to
  extend Google's reach and give it a more extensive connection with
  its users by offering Google on a multipurpose mobile device.

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