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		<title>By: Nicolas Balthazar &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Gphone : le futur mobile de Google</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/08/the-more-gphones-the-better/comment-page-2/#comment-1781189</link>
		<dc:creator>Nicolas Balthazar &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Gphone : le futur mobile de Google</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] le Gphone sortira, il est fort à parier qu’il ne s’agira pas seulement d’un seul Gphone mais de plusieurs. Dans les prochaines semaines, Google est censé, selon le WSJ encore, annoncer une série de [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] le Gphone sortira, il est fort à parier qu’il ne s’agira pas seulement d’un seul Gphone mais de plusieurs. Dans les prochaines semaines, Google est censé, selon le WSJ encore, annoncer une série de [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Breaking: Google Announces Android and Open Handset Alliance</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/08/the-more-gphones-the-better/comment-page-2/#comment-1729101</link>
		<dc:creator>Breaking: Google Announces Android and Open Handset Alliance</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] started trickling out last week that Google is ready to announce its Gphone, or rather Gphones. It is more a reference design, than a single phone. Android-based phones will start to come out on [...]</description>
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		<title>By: ed</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/08/the-more-gphones-the-better/comment-page-2/#comment-1715007</link>
		<dc:creator>ed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good Post.  If you hate ads on TV, just wait!  Google is out to create the most sophisticated ad engine the world has ever seen.  

I don&#039;t like it because it undermines my privacy and pushes tons of ads to me that I don&#039;t want to see. 

Lots of readers here endorse it because it will open up more channels to revenue for them, but ask consumers without an income opportunity.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good Post.  If you hate ads on TV, just wait!  Google is out to create the most sophisticated ad engine the world has ever seen.  </p>
<p>I don&#8217;t like it because it undermines my privacy and pushes tons of ads to me that I don&#8217;t want to see. </p>
<p>Lots of readers here endorse it because it will open up more channels to revenue for them, but ask consumers without an income opportunity.</p>
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		<title>By: Google Tries To Land Mobile Phone Deals With Sprint, Verizon . . . Anyone</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/08/the-more-gphones-the-better/comment-page-2/#comment-1714970</link>
		<dc:creator>Google Tries To Land Mobile Phone Deals With Sprint, Verizon . . . Anyone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] the Gphone does come out, chances are that there won&#8217;t be just one Gphone, but many. In the next two weeks, Google is also expected, says the WSJ, &#8220;to announce new software and [...]</description>
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		<title>By: slackerism &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Google buys Jaiku</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/08/the-more-gphones-the-better/comment-page-2/#comment-1666748</link>
		<dc:creator>slackerism &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Google buys Jaiku</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] that note, and amidst recent rumours, could this be part of Google&#8217;s gameplan for the fabled [...]</description>
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		<title>By: O Google está dominando o mundo, e você está gostando&#8230; &#124; Beto Tester</title>
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		<dc:creator>O Google está dominando o mundo, e você está gostando&#8230; &#124; Beto Tester</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Kelsey Group Blogs &#187; ReachLocal Raises $55.2 Million; Valued at $300 Million+</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kelsey Group Blogs &#187; ReachLocal Raises $55.2 Million; Valued at $300 Million+</dc:creator>
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		<description>[...] in which ad revenues are shared with application developers of the open source operating system (TechCrunch explores this hypothesis). Things could very well move in this direction, and we&#8217;ll keep [...]</description>
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		<title>By: GPhone Mobile OS</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/08/the-more-gphones-the-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1666476</link>
		<dc:creator>GPhone Mobile OS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] New York Times, GPhone софтуерът ще бъде пуснат до края на 2007 година, а [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Dazzlr</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/08/the-more-gphones-the-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1666115</link>
		<dc:creator>Dazzlr</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 09:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great tech insight, equally great media insight !</description>
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		<title>By: confusionx</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/08/the-more-gphones-the-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1665983</link>
		<dc:creator>confusionx</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 06:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hmmm... although this is a very cool, i just have one aversion. isnt it making phone tapping legal? i mean that&#039;s how they&#039;ll track our phone calls, right? so they can generate ads. even texting i think, they will track all the data/ &quot;keywords&quot; that we type. hmmm... they&#039;re going to be the Big Brother in the mobile industry. wow! and the thing going for them too is that everybody loves google.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hmmm&#8230; although this is a very cool, i just have one aversion. isnt it making phone tapping legal? i mean that&#8217;s how they&#8217;ll track our phone calls, right? so they can generate ads. even texting i think, they will track all the data/ &#8220;keywords&#8221; that we type. hmmm&#8230; they&#8217;re going to be the Big Brother in the mobile industry. wow! and the thing going for them too is that everybody loves google.</p>
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		<title>By: Alex Linhares</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/08/the-more-gphones-the-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1665672</link>
		<dc:creator>Alex Linhares</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Skype has really blown it big time.  Why haven&#039;t they worked with handset makers and provided a wifi VOIP cell with mp3/photos/video/web?  I don&#039;t get it.

Why does &quot;long-distance&quot; still exist this day and age?  Do we pay more for &quot;long distance email&quot;?  

I hope google brings in VOIP.  BTW, why didn&#039;t Apple bundle ichat? Why doesn&#039;t the &quot;Zune, the social&quot; have messenger?

Can someone explain this?  Why is there still this huge open space for a good easy VOIP/cell?  The carriers will scream out and fight it like the RIAA, but who cares?

Meanwhile, skype, who&#039;s lost quite a chunk of market value, is sitting still on the sidelines, waiting for someone to grab its market share.  That someone will be the one providing a good wifi/cell to market.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Skype has really blown it big time.  Why haven&#8217;t they worked with handset makers and provided a wifi VOIP cell with mp3/photos/video/web?  I don&#8217;t get it.</p>
<p>Why does &#8220;long-distance&#8221; still exist this day and age?  Do we pay more for &#8220;long distance email&#8221;?  </p>
<p>I hope google brings in VOIP.  BTW, why didn&#8217;t Apple bundle ichat? Why doesn&#8217;t the &#8220;Zune, the social&#8221; have messenger?</p>
<p>Can someone explain this?  Why is there still this huge open space for a good easy VOIP/cell?  The carriers will scream out and fight it like the RIAA, but who cares?</p>
<p>Meanwhile, skype, who&#8217;s lost quite a chunk of market value, is sitting still on the sidelines, waiting for someone to grab its market share.  That someone will be the one providing a good wifi/cell to market.</p>
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		<title>By: Rajuthan.com</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/08/the-more-gphones-the-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1665668</link>
		<dc:creator>Rajuthan.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Less Gphones the better


http://www.rajuthan.com/</description>
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		<title>By: Erick Schonfeld</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/08/the-more-gphones-the-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1665636</link>
		<dc:creator>Erick Schonfeld</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the fact-check #29 and #31.  Fixed in the post.

On the carrier issue, yes that is the big barrier.  But they need people to use more data, and if Google can convince them that the Gphone will be a boon for their data services, they may play along.

#42, the carriers may control the pipe, but they don&#039;t control the OS.  That is what this is about. If Google can sneak an open OS past the carriers, all the apps come along with it (more or less).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the fact-check #29 and #31.  Fixed in the post.</p>
<p>On the carrier issue, yes that is the big barrier.  But they need people to use more data, and if Google can convince them that the Gphone will be a boon for their data services, they may play along.</p>
<p>#42, the carriers may control the pipe, but they don&#8217;t control the OS.  That is what this is about. If Google can sneak an open OS past the carriers, all the apps come along with it (more or less).</p>
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		<title>By: Steve Ballmer</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/08/the-more-gphones-the-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1665625</link>
		<dc:creator>Steve Ballmer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com

Verizon&#039;s Voyager! - Now an iPhune/g-phune Killer!
The news for Apple and the iPhoney just gets worse and worse!
First we release the iPod Killer, Zune2, with FM radio!
THEN:
Verizon announces the LG Voyager phone! Mobile Magazine says:

&quot;Remember how Verizon passed on the iPhone? That&#039;s because the LG Voyager might even be better. It also has a large external touchscreen, but when you open the phone laterally, a QWERTY keyboard emerges for text entry. Key features include high-speed wireless broadband, a web browser, music player, and microSD expansion.&quot;
Best of all it is driven by a proven OS, Windows Mobile! No playing on the screen with your fingers, we treat you like an adult.

Apple is on the ropes! They are down! They are out! It&#039;s over! It&#039;s over!</description>
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<p>Verizon&#8217;s Voyager! &#8211; Now an iPhune/g-phune Killer!<br />
The news for Apple and the iPhoney just gets worse and worse!<br />
First we release the iPod Killer, Zune2, with FM radio!<br />
THEN:<br />
Verizon announces the LG Voyager phone! Mobile Magazine says:</p>
<p>&#8220;Remember how Verizon passed on the iPhone? That&#8217;s because the LG Voyager might even be better. It also has a large external touchscreen, but when you open the phone laterally, a QWERTY keyboard emerges for text entry. Key features include high-speed wireless broadband, a web browser, music player, and microSD expansion.&#8221;<br />
Best of all it is driven by a proven OS, Windows Mobile! No playing on the screen with your fingers, we treat you like an adult.</p>
<p>Apple is on the ropes! They are down! They are out! It&#8217;s over! It&#8217;s over!</p>
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		<title>By: Brad Meikle</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/08/the-more-gphones-the-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1665560</link>
		<dc:creator>Brad Meikle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 01:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think that a objective and candid examination of the progress in mobile applications over the last 10 years one will conclude it to have been a disaster.  The carriers want to control the whole process and get a percentage of everything but their core competency centers very far from application development.  Only third party MVNOS (which is what RIM really is) have been able to make progress because they have enough vertical integration  (software, hardware and network access[through their NOC]). Without such integration the infighting is enough to ensure that major leaps wont happen. Qualcomm has had the most success with application development because of their vertical integration as well. 

Based on what I have read about the GPhone, its much more significant than the iPhone as it would drive open platform development. All of the pieces are there to make this happen.  The iPhone is very promising with great potential, but basically an MVNO like RIM.  

Microsoft&#039;s mobile software has come along way but it still bears the annoying characteristic of their applications - Client heavy. The future is client light. 

Now is the time for all of this to happen. The EVDO networks work great, and Cingular is rolling out HSPA in 2h07.  If Google is able to succeed with the G-phone it would certainly be a great opportunity for other developers as they&#039;d finally have a more fertile platform for development. 

I hope that Google finds a way to drive this forward as its no easy feat.  One interesting question is, with the purchase of Navteq by Nokia and Teleatlas by TOMTOM, who will be the map vendor?  Can Google build this on their own? Is it possible that the future of mapping interfaces will be materially different than those we see today?   
Brad meikle - Brad@ampacresearch.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think that a objective and candid examination of the progress in mobile applications over the last 10 years one will conclude it to have been a disaster.  The carriers want to control the whole process and get a percentage of everything but their core competency centers very far from application development.  Only third party MVNOS (which is what RIM really is) have been able to make progress because they have enough vertical integration  (software, hardware and network access[through their NOC]). Without such integration the infighting is enough to ensure that major leaps wont happen. Qualcomm has had the most success with application development because of their vertical integration as well. </p>
<p>Based on what I have read about the GPhone, its much more significant than the iPhone as it would drive open platform development. All of the pieces are there to make this happen.  The iPhone is very promising with great potential, but basically an MVNO like RIM.  </p>
<p>Microsoft&#8217;s mobile software has come along way but it still bears the annoying characteristic of their applications &#8211; Client heavy. The future is client light. </p>
<p>Now is the time for all of this to happen. The EVDO networks work great, and Cingular is rolling out HSPA in 2h07.  If Google is able to succeed with the G-phone it would certainly be a great opportunity for other developers as they&#8217;d finally have a more fertile platform for development. </p>
<p>I hope that Google finds a way to drive this forward as its no easy feat.  One interesting question is, with the purchase of Navteq by Nokia and Teleatlas by TOMTOM, who will be the map vendor?  Can Google build this on their own? Is it possible that the future of mapping interfaces will be materially different than those we see today?<br />
Brad meikle &#8211; <a href="mailto:Brad@ampacresearch.com">Brad@ampacresearch.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: John Scrofano</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/08/the-more-gphones-the-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1665511</link>
		<dc:creator>John Scrofano</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Erick, I don’t think there is any questions that “Google can really distinguish its mobile effort from the iPhone by not locking it down to a set of pre-approved applications. The more applications (and the more types of Gphones to put them on) the better.” They maintain the platform, allow developers to mash away at a million cool things.  Monetize with AdSense – it is a beautiful world.

However, you quickly ran through the carrier issue.  Don’t you think this is the real bottleneck?  If carriers control the OS and the pipe, Google can be as open as they want but the carrier can still call the shots on what gets onto that phone.  How does the Google platform overcome this barrier?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Erick, I don’t think there is any questions that “Google can really distinguish its mobile effort from the iPhone by not locking it down to a set of pre-approved applications. The more applications (and the more types of Gphones to put them on) the better.” They maintain the platform, allow developers to mash away at a million cool things.  Monetize with AdSense – it is a beautiful world.</p>
<p>However, you quickly ran through the carrier issue.  Don’t you think this is the real bottleneck?  If carriers control the OS and the pipe, Google can be as open as they want but the carrier can still call the shots on what gets onto that phone.  How does the Google platform overcome this barrier?</p>
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		<title>By: Jorge Cunha</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/08/the-more-gphones-the-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1665437</link>
		<dc:creator>Jorge Cunha</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think that will boost competition and for the consumer less money, with several services. Of course Google will make the move its only is gathering services covering mobile market.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think that will boost competition and for the consumer less money, with several services. Of course Google will make the move its only is gathering services covering mobile market.</p>
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		<title>By: Ben</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/08/the-more-gphones-the-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1665390</link>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If they simply added advertisements to a phone, that wouldn&#039;t be a platform at all. It could be copied by the likes of Verizon and it wouldn&#039;t offer any advantages to consumers, advertisers or application developers. Google would lose credibility and be beaten by Nokia, Microsoft, and even Yahoo on the basis of service quality via mobile phone.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If they simply added advertisements to a phone, that wouldn&#8217;t be a platform at all. It could be copied by the likes of Verizon and it wouldn&#8217;t offer any advantages to consumers, advertisers or application developers. Google would lose credibility and be beaten by Nokia, Microsoft, and even Yahoo on the basis of service quality via mobile phone.</p>
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		<title>By: Coleman Foley</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/08/the-more-gphones-the-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1665356</link>
		<dc:creator>Coleman Foley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Google could make advertising money by using ThePudding&#039;s technology, which does this: listens to the phone call to serve ads, but doesn&#039;t keep the recording.    I think they could just show ads when you ended the phone call.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Google could make advertising money by using ThePudding&#8217;s technology, which does this: listens to the phone call to serve ads, but doesn&#8217;t keep the recording.    I think they could just show ads when you ended the phone call.</p>
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		<title>By: Stephan van Diepen</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/08/the-more-gphones-the-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1665344</link>
		<dc:creator>Stephan van Diepen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If an open mobile platform is what Google&#039;s aiming for, they might as well put their power into supporting Openmoko:

&quot;OpenMoko is a GNU / Linux based open software development platform. Developers have full access to OpenMoko source and they can tailor their implementations to underlying hardware platforms.&quot;

http://openmoko.com/

The current phone they offer is not very impressive but the platform sounds promising.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If an open mobile platform is what Google&#8217;s aiming for, they might as well put their power into supporting Openmoko:</p>
<p>&#8220;OpenMoko is a GNU / Linux based open software development platform. Developers have full access to OpenMoko source and they can tailor their implementations to underlying hardware platforms.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://openmoko.com/" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://openmoko.com/'>http://openmoko.com/</a></p>
<p>The current phone they offer is not very impressive but the platform sounds promising.</p>
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		<title>By: Kevin</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/08/the-more-gphones-the-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1665285</link>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Martin: The problem with your example is that it isn&#039;t at all what Google is interested in.  See, the phone is simply an attribute of a more core concept, that being communication.  Google at its core is a communications company.  What they do and what they offer all satisfy facets of communication as a whole.  Person to person, business to person, Google to person, it is all the same thing: communication.  The cell phone used to be a cell phone, but now it is morphing into a personal portal, both incoming and outgoing.  Maybe a better comparison is that it is becoming your own personal API, managing all electronic interaction.  It is quickly becoming more of a digital prosthesis and less of a phone.  Yeah, you make phone calls on it, but you also browse the web, you write emails, you visually manage your email, your broadcast your location to friends and family, you get directions, buy airline tickets, pay for goods.  As broadband to the phone becomes the norm, then your phone becomes your personal portal.  It is no longer a phone but a communication device and being an intimate part of (and monetizing) your communication life is what Google is all about.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Martin: The problem with your example is that it isn&#8217;t at all what Google is interested in.  See, the phone is simply an attribute of a more core concept, that being communication.  Google at its core is a communications company.  What they do and what they offer all satisfy facets of communication as a whole.  Person to person, business to person, Google to person, it is all the same thing: communication.  The cell phone used to be a cell phone, but now it is morphing into a personal portal, both incoming and outgoing.  Maybe a better comparison is that it is becoming your own personal API, managing all electronic interaction.  It is quickly becoming more of a digital prosthesis and less of a phone.  Yeah, you make phone calls on it, but you also browse the web, you write emails, you visually manage your email, your broadcast your location to friends and family, you get directions, buy airline tickets, pay for goods.  As broadband to the phone becomes the norm, then your phone becomes your personal portal.  It is no longer a phone but a communication device and being an intimate part of (and monetizing) your communication life is what Google is all about.</p>
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		<title>By: Dan Gudema</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/08/the-more-gphones-the-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1665274</link>
		<dc:creator>Dan Gudema</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think that the gphone and advertising are a natural fit, but you have to look at the GPS aspect of a cellphone.  For instance, who cares about searching the text for key words for advertising.  However, some people would love to know how close they are to something....like somebody you know, a cheap dinner, a cheap and local firesale, or whatever is within our proximity.  

Nobody has really gotten a handle on this market yet, and I think this is a big one to be had, local advertising is what this is about and you have not seen anything in advertising dollars when you look at how much is spent locally as a total.  Just look at the yellow pages, local papers, local billboards.  

As far as the inclusive technology as a way to trap the consumer, I think that is not how this will be rolled out.  I think that people who want to be locally googled will buy the device, which may just end up as an open source application.  And in the end this may create a whole new industry.  At 600 hundred a share, it only seems to be getting better.  Maybe Jim Cramer was right when he said 900 a share by the end of 2007.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think that the gphone and advertising are a natural fit, but you have to look at the GPS aspect of a cellphone.  For instance, who cares about searching the text for key words for advertising.  However, some people would love to know how close they are to something&#8230;.like somebody you know, a cheap dinner, a cheap and local firesale, or whatever is within our proximity.  </p>
<p>Nobody has really gotten a handle on this market yet, and I think this is a big one to be had, local advertising is what this is about and you have not seen anything in advertising dollars when you look at how much is spent locally as a total.  Just look at the yellow pages, local papers, local billboards.  </p>
<p>As far as the inclusive technology as a way to trap the consumer, I think that is not how this will be rolled out.  I think that people who want to be locally googled will buy the device, which may just end up as an open source application.  And in the end this may create a whole new industry.  At 600 hundred a share, it only seems to be getting better.  Maybe Jim Cramer was right when he said 900 a share by the end of 2007.</p>
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		<title>By: Lee Rickler</title>
		<link>http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/08/the-more-gphones-the-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1665230</link>
		<dc:creator>Lee Rickler</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Of course it&#039;s true otherwise it wouldn&#039;t be on http://gphoned.com !</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of course it&#8217;s true otherwise it wouldn&#8217;t be on <a href="http://gphoned.com" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://gphoned.com'>http://gphoned.com</a> !</p>
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