GOOGLE Phone?

[sr71blackbird]

<p>THIS could be very cool!&nbsp; </p><p><a href="http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&amp;storyid=2007-03-19T002044Z_01_N18236904_RTRUKOC_0_US-GOOGLE-PHONE.xml&amp;src=rss&amp;rpc=22" target="_blank">Story&nbsp;</a></p><p></p><p>Google isn't commenting directly on leaks from Europe and the United States which describe a low-cost, Internet-connected phone with a color, wide-screen design. Newspaper and blog reports in recent months have Google shopping its phone design to potential mobile phone manufacturing partners in Asia.</p><p>&quot;Mobile is an important area for Google,&quot; Google spokeswoman Erin Fors said on Friday. &quot;We remain focused on creating applications and establishing and growing partnerships with industry leaders to develop innovative services for users worldwide. However, we have nothing further to announce.&quot; </p> <div class="inlinecallout"> <span><div class="module" style="background: url('http://today.reuters.com/media/editorial/midarticle/images/midart_bg.gif'); width: auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial"> <div class="moduleBody" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 175px"> <h3><a href="javascript:void(window.open('http://photos.reuters.com/pictures/slideshowrefresh.aspx?id=21&amp;name=63300371586390625 0&amp;dat=29%20Nov%202006&amp;title=24+Hours&amp;src=030318_MI DART_editorschoice','slideshowWin','top=50,left=10 0,height=580,resizable=yes,width=733,scrollbars=au to'))"><br /></a></h3> <div style="margin-left: 5px"> <br /></div> </div> </div> if(!CMSB_ID){var CMSB_ID=""} CMSB_ID+="030318_MIDART_editorschoice,";document.write('<InvalidTag name="DCSext.rCMS" content="' + CMSB_ID.substring(0,CMSB_ID.length - 1) + '" />');</span> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p><p>Gadget enthusiasts who only two months ago were obsessed with the potential revolutionary impact on the phone industry of Apple Inc.'s iPhone device -- due out in June and at prices starting at $500 -- have shifted their attention to whether Google is developing an even lower-cost phone.</p><p></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Could this be the answer to the iPhone?&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Doctor Manhattan]

<strong>sr71blackbird</strong> wrote:<br /><p>THIS could be very cool!&nbsp; </p><p><a href="http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&amp;storyid=2007-03-19T002044Z_01_N18236904_RTRUKOC_0_US-GOOGLE-PHONE.xml&amp;src=rss&amp;rpc=22" target="_blank">Story&nbsp;</a></p><p>Could this be the answer to the iPhone?&nbsp; </p><p><font face="comic sans ms,sand" size="2" color="#000080">I should probably read the article before saying this: Isn't Google a partner on the iPhone (If not a &quot;partner&quot; didn't they put some work into it?)</font></p>

[sr71blackbird]

Are you thinking of Cingular?

[JustJon]

No, he means google functionality will be on the phone, including google search for the web and google maps.

[Doctor Manhattan]

<strong>JustJon</strong> wrote:<br />No, he means google functionality will be on the phone, including google search for the web and google maps. <p>Yeah, someone from Google appeared during Steve Jobs' Keynote at MacWorld announcing the iPhone. So I thought that meant they were part of the iPhone team.</p>

[RogerPodacter]

This would be sweet if this does happen.&nbsp; I like most if not all of Googles products.&nbsp;

[IamFogHat]

<strong>RogerPodacter</strong> wrote:<br />This would be sweet if this does happen. I like most if not all of Googles products. <p>&nbsp;Yeah, including the new YouTube <img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/dry.gif" border="0" /></p>

[RogerPodacter]

I cant tell if you're being sarcastic.&nbsp; But has Google fucked up YouTube?&nbsp; All i know is that they paid like 1.5 billion or something for it.&nbsp;

[patsopinion]

<p>hate it</p><p>what we need is one of those smart phones that we can put voice over ip on and never pay for minutes again.</p><p>just internet connection on your phone, which would make it so i could afford both instead of a shitty smart phone that i only use to like 25 percent of its potential</p><p><a href="http://www.flipstartpc.com/">this is way cooler</a>&nbsp;</p><p>google wants to bring google to people with out pcs?&nbsp; thats the worst reason to put out a phone i have ever heard, sucks </p>

[sr71blackbird]

I think Google will also make it's own network

[RogerPodacter]

<strong>patsopinion</strong> wrote:<br /><p>hate it</p><p>what we need is one of those smart phones that we can put voice over ip on and never pay for minutes again.</p><p>just internet connection on your phone, which would make it so i could afford both instead of a shitty smart phone that i only use to like 25 percent of its potential</p><p><a href="http://www.flipstartpc.com/">this is way cooler</a> </p><p>google wants to bring google to people with out pcs? thats the worst reason to put out a phone i have ever heard, sucks </p><p>&nbsp;The article linked claims that the Google phone will have VOIP.&nbsp; It looks like it would be wifi with cell network capability, not just a smartphone.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Without pcs?&nbsp; you referring to sprint/verizon CDMA?&nbsp; i think GSM would be the way to go.&nbsp;</p>

[ralphbxny]

We cant get XM hardware to update we are going to get this phone thing off the ground!

[Friday]

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