It looks like Wired magazine is about to steal the show at the SXSW geek-fest, thanks to a stunning partnership with Adobe.
The two companies have pieced together a visual magazine format using Adobe’s Air tool, and demonstrated the thing – unbelievably – on a tablet display powered by Android, a Nexus One and… Apple’s iPhone. All using the SAME Adobe Air kit, with versions of the digital magazine for each hardware format scaled down as required.
It could, if we may be so pretentious, be the unified next-gen media format everyone, Apple included, has been waiting for.
There’s a stunning demo video of the technology over at Adobe – it’s just popped up as we were writing this. Stay tuned for more on this, it could be HUGE. And it could really annoy Apple, which is equally as important.
And here’s a photo take of the Wired/Adobe app running on a Nexus One, taken from the Twitpic account of someone who attended the Wired presentation. It’s not the greatest photo, but it is at least proof we haven’t just made all this up.
Motorola’s latest flagship dual-core Android monster is a massive, original powerhouse, that’s a big improvement on previous MOTOBLUR mobiles – but still isn’t a total winner.
A slim and glamorous phone from Sony Ericsson, with the sharpest display around. It’s no powerhouse and the screen’s not the biggest out there, but we don’t mind. Because it’s cute.
LG’s first glasses-free 3D phone is a heavy, fat monster, with a clever 3D effect that works rather well. As a smartphone, though, it’s heavy and underwhelming.
A very shiny thing from Sony Ericsson, with a 3.7″ screen and Android 2.3.3 inside. But is it exciting enough to win fans in today’s spec-obsessed market? Can man live on one core alone?
INQ’s Android phone is an interesting “boutique” piece of hardware, packed with unique interface customisations that go far beyond the headline Facebook integration. We like it a lot.
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