Speculation builds about the Gphone

A new report surfaced Tuesday that Google's hell-bent on making its own mobile phone operating system, adding to the rumors that a prototype could be released soon.

Engadget is reporting that we could hear official news from Google about its plans for a handset-optimized operating system in September. The newest report falls into the more likely category--at least in my opinion--that Google would be working with existing phone companies on a device that uses a Google-developed operating system and suite of mobile applications, not building its own hardware.

The appeal for Google is simple: mobile phone growth is exploding, and it's the future of computing. It's not a perfect analogy, but it's almost like the early days of the PC industry when Microsoft hadn't yet come to dominate the industry and there were several different ideas for software to run those new-fangled PCs.

Google's OS is supposedly based on Linux, and designed to work well with its existing applications. If the rumors are true, Google will find itself in new ground competing against Microsoft, Palm, Symbian and its good buddy Apple.

[lmasanti]

Phone or WebAccessDevice?

Getting a gPhone out there is something that has to be related to <br />the carries... while a wi-fi access device maybe more in <br />accordance with the 700MHz auction.

[reighman]

Maybe both?

Is it possible that Google will take it?s recent purchace of Grand Central and marry it with Google Talk? VOIP is just data right?

[FO-FI_FO_454]

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[techtrod]

What's the Gphone Killer feature??

I'm thinking hard about that one KILLER feature which Gphone <br />might possess. What's that one feature which will make all of us <br />line up and want one??<br /><br />Check my views on this at <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://techtrod.wordpress.com/" target="_newWindow">http://techtrod.wordpress.com/</a><br />2007/09/04/the-gphone-whats-the-killer-feature