Comments on: Could The GPhone Be Nigh?

By: Paulo Henrique

Paulo Henrique — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:26:29 +0000

very good the Gphone man.

By: RingCentral « RobWebb2k

RingCentral « RobWebb2k — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:11:16 +0000

[...] on in this space. Of course I could be way off and GrandCentral could have been bought so every GPhone user has a [...]

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Sun, 04 May 2008 23:02:04 +0000

[...] August 26, 2007 by hjalli Rumors about Google’s upcoming mobile phone – dubbed gPhone – are becoming ever louder. [...]

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[...] possible that the GPay Mobile payments system could well be platform independent, given the very strong indication that Google is preparing to launch a mobile phone, GPay could end up as an [...]

By: The Inquirer ES : ¿Google Phone en dos semanas?

The Inquirer ES : ¿Google Phone en dos semanas? — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:23:17 +0000

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By: gphone-news.de

gphone-news.de — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:50:59 +0000

I this the iPhone Killer? Maybe in integrated services, but not in UI (Linux based).

By: Amit Bhowmik

Amit Bhowmik — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:41:03 +0000

I’m thinking hard about that one KILLER feature which Gphone might possess. What’s that one feature which will make all of us line up and want one??

Check my views on this at http://techtrod...-killer-feature

By: An Unquiet Mind

An Unquiet Mind — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 17:13:52 +0000

Can an open GPhone kill the restrictive iPhone?…

Imagine you buy a car that comes with a 2 year warranty on defective parts and 3 free servicing trips. But what if those were valid only if you filled fuel from a specified provider – say Indian Oil or Shell? Or you buy a DVD player or home theater tha…

By: Johnny Clegg

Johnny Clegg — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 02:06:03 +0000

But wait: the GPhone is already here !

http://techitea...hone-is-coming/

By: Rumboard

Rumboard — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:58:18 +0000

Gphone Rumors…

Soon we might have a competitor to the iPhone, the “Gphone”. Gphone is a supposed secret Google phone is is supposed to debute in the USA and in Eurap in the year 2008. Of course, the phone is only a rumor, or is it? Well, Rediff, an Indian…

By: NET9

NET9 — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:14:25 +0000

Nice point Nemrut. And what if the release of the iPhone was in some way positioned as the first step towards that mobile industry upside down turning? It’s possible Google knew to wait and see how well the iPhone launch did, and if successful (which it was and is in a very big way), Google would make it’s “800 pound gorilla” move in a similar and possibly an even more aggressive way.

By: Nemrut

Nemrut — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:00:21 +0000

…another thought, what if Google made this totally Ad -supported(ie, Free hw/sw/unlimited calls) it would totally turn the mobile industry upside down.

By: Nemrut

Nemrut — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:53:05 +0000

@28, …what’s the big deal? all Schmidt has to do is say he’s stepping down from the Apple board due to conflict of interest. It’s just business and you better believe Jobs would not hesitate a second to do the same if he were in Eric’s shoes..

By: Nemrut

Nemrut — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:48:37 +0000

If true, Schmidt must be thinking is billion$ in mobile ad revenue and wireless dominance worth kicking Jobs in the nuts…hmmm didn’t he do the same thing to Wozniak at one time…

By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:26:01 +0000

Would be exciting if Google entered this market…Though their skills in the design market make it questionable how successful they would be in marketing their phone to the masses against Apple.

By: Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:45:09 +0000

Fresco
correct, I meant to say the UK arm of Orange: ie they operate in the UK.

By: Fresco

Fresco — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:36:26 +0000

Orange is French but they operate a UK GSM network – http://www.orange.co.uk/

The issue is not FCC for US launch. The issue is CTIA listing which requires FCC approval and PTCRB certification before it can be consider for approval by the network operators – AT&T and T-Mobile. But then if Google buys spectrum in the upcoming auctions the rules may change.

By: Louis-Eric

Louis-Eric — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:49:05 +0000

#21: Tsk, braggard. And an obsequious one at that.

Nigh: It must either be Dickens Day today, or Old Maritime Literature Day. Yar matey yar.

By: Bogdan

Bogdan — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:45:44 +0000

It just doesn’t make sense. Why not wait for FCC 700Mhz auction that Google will be participating in and then to release?

By: Martin Porcheron

Martin Porcheron — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:45:02 +0000

Orange is owned France Télécom and, as you may or may not have deduced, is French. Not from the UK.

By: Howto Monster

Howto Monster — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:31:23 +0000

I want one.

By: Oz

Oz — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:43:03 +0000

if it is completely unsubstantiated rumor,then why to publish the crap??

By: kundojjala

kundojjala — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:38:47 +0000

btw there is no 3G in india yet….then how can google engaged in discussions with indian telcos…

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:04:10 +0000

I file this under “I’ll believe it when I see it”. But then again, I did the same thing with the iPhone, for which rumors flew around for years before the announcement.

I agree with whoever said above that Google isn’t a hardware company… but I think they’re locked in a war with the telecoms right now over the future of the mobile internet – this could be an end run around them. Or just a way to threaten them by cutting them out of the picture entirely.

I kind of like the idea of Google as a Wireless ISP – their incentive is to get as many people doing searches as possible, which means offering them fast, cheap, convenient connections – the dumb pipes that everyone wants and the existing telecom industry is terrified of becoming.

Plus, I’m already in love with the *idea* of a Google oriented phone. I want a real portable internet device. The iPhone doesn’t quite cut it for me (mostly due to AT&T)

By: John Mills

John Mills — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:28:54 +0000

Kurt I totally agree with you. There is no way the GPhone will come out unless either Eric Schmidt will be fired from Google or steps down from Apple’s board. And neither of them are likely to happen.