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Over at HighContrast blog, Simeon Simeonov of Polaris Venture Partner unveiled more information about the potential GPhone. The Google Phone (codename “Switch”), will apparantly be a BlackBerry-like device running C++ at the OS’ core. According to Simeon’ sources, the GPhone will also run an optimized Java, and will have a VoIP capabilities.
This latest information contradicts the leaked photo of Google Phone, published by Engadget earlier this year, where we see an iPhone-like device, without any keyboard.
Also in the news, Google’s Eric Schmidt said that Google and Apple are working together on “many more” new projects. Schmidt also added that two companies are “doing more and more things together. We have similar goals, similar competitors.” You can only imagine the amount of buzz these words generated…
It’s very hard to predict whether GPhone will actually be released. At this point, it’s all about speculation. Google would certainly find the way to make money on such device. Even if they’re working on it, all “leaked” specs of the future device, are everything but trustworthy. If you remember, we had the similar situation with the iPhone. Many details were unveiled by “trusted sources.” At the end, not very much of that was true.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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