Google considering 3G GPhone solutions – could we see a 3G Google Phone from HTC?
By Will Park on Wednesday, September 19th, 2007 at 2:22 PM PST In Devices, GPhone, Rumors
We’re all eagerly awaiting Google (NSDQ: GOOG)’s entry into the mobile phone market. The near-mythical Google Phone (or GPhone, if you will) has spurred rumors and speculation from the get-go – and it looks like the rumor mill has been cranked back up.
Grapevine news has Google considering a 3G solution for the GPhone. We initially expected Google to go with an EDGE radio from Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) (TI) for their Google Phone, but they’re now said to be looking into 3G data speeds.
We’re still looking for HTC to handle the manufacturing of the GPhone, but we might even see a Google-developed OS to go heads-up with Windows Mobile and Symbian (not to mention Linux) platforms. A Google-branded Google Phone, made by HTC, rocking 3G and running Google Mobile? That would be a nice sub-$100 surprise indeed.
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[Via: DigiTimes]
The image should be credited with last100.com
http://www.last100.com/2007/08/29/the-gphone-is-coming-how-google-could-rewrite-the-rules/
I think the gPhone won’t compete with the iPhone. I’m sure it will be cool, but I have the feeling Google is thinking about giving them out for free to satisfy it’s advertising market.
Here is a great site which aggregates all iPhone news (rumours at this point) into one place:
http://gphone.corank.com