That's a great essay - especially for someone who says he's more comfortable communicating with pictures than with words.

Very cute! I have to admit, I never go to the Google homepage anymore unless it's because Giz sends me there. Thanks, Jamie!

I know, right? You think they let their neighbours use the trampoline in the backyard?

People, I'm pretty sure that by "The Hobbit", Casey's refering to the books/movies title.

I know, Giz is the place for perfect English. Nevertheless, it's not my first language. I'm really, really sorry for the unforgivable mistake I made.

They're probably going to sell it as an LG Prada Google phone.

Tehe. iCookbook —> Apple Spice Cake. See what they did there?

I've got to say, when it comes to getting some real work done, the only aspect that appeals to me is "use your familiar desktop". I think the concept is perfect for phones, but just too minimalistic for desktop applications.

Is it a phone with 4" screen or a phone that's 4" in diameter? If the former is true, I have to wonder how this makes this model a "mini". My Nexus S already has a 4" screen and it's nowhere near "mini".

...I don't blame you, Adrian, I blame the press release. They obviously managed to add two pictures that don't even try to show the size of this beast.

The world's largest and most powerful wind turbine on the planet! That's, like, international, on the whole globe!

You, Sir, never had to to work with these images.

Just what I thought. But what a great GIF! I could watch it all day long.

I guess the final release will be version 30. Seriously, what's with their update policy lately?

How does Belkin keep itself alive? Every single review I've seen (plus some personal experience) is similar to this one.

"Google Maps for iOS uses raster graphics"

I think the only reason why Apple became more like Google when it comes to Siri and Maps is that it's much easier this way. Giz itself explained that Google probably lets you use Google Voice for free only because they need data to crunch on for perfect speech-to-text and vice versa. I don't think that Apple will do…

"The uploader has not made this video available in your country."

My Nexus S got terribly slow after I updated to Jelly Bean. So I don't know if this is such great news...

Thanks Sam, very interesting read.