This weeks'
edition of Counterclockwise has us looking back at several historic milestones
for the likes of Skype, Samsung, Nokia, and Apple. Early August is typically
the time when iPhone rumors start ramping up in anticipation of Apple's events,
which are typically held in September. Join us as we take a look at all of the
latest in the world of phones that happened this week over the past 5 years.
Before its
acquisition by Microsoft, Skype was quickly becoming the premiere internet
communications platform, and had the potential to make big changes in the world
of phones with data connections. While Skype hasn't exactly taken over
traditional cellular network calling by any stretch, here's a tidbit from
August 1, 2008 that shows Skype running on Windows Mobile 6.1, long before the
days of Windows Phone.
Skype on
Windows Mobile 6.1 (HTC Touch Diamond)
In 2009, ARM
was already making a name for itself as a processing architecture that
companies could license at a low cost. Samsung announced its 1GHz Cortex-A8
core in the hopes of generating enough processing power to outdo the iPhone 3GS
at the time.
A year
later, a leaked version of Android 2.2 Froyo emerged for the company's latest
flagship, the original Samsung Galaxy S. It had - you guessed it - a 1GHz
Cortex-A8 chipset.
Samsung
I9000 Galaxy S Samsung I9000 Galaxy S Samsung I9000 Galaxy S Samsung I9000
Galaxy S
Samsung
I9000 Galaxy S running Android v2.2 (a.k.a. Froyo)
August 1,
2011 saw Nokia introduce the Nokia 500 as its latest smartphone to run Symbian
Anna. The Nokia 500 was based on the Nokia C5-03 in terms of specs, but had the
addition of a capacitive display and slew of connectivity extras. Still, it ran
on a 1GHz processor with some sluggish performance, which can even be seen in
the official video below (scrub to 1:31).
Finally, in
late July of last year our most popular news of the week was a report on the
upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note III. Sporting a 5.7-inch display, 3GB of RAM and
running on the latest Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, the device certainly turned some
heads the following month at its unveiling at the IFA 2013.
Via GSMARENA
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