Gphone Around The Corner?
By Christopher Nickson
October 31, 2007
Reports are that Google will announce the Google-powered phone in the next two weeks.
The rumors have been rising for months, but according to a report yesterday in The Wall Street Journal, Google is going to make its big announcement regarding a Google-powered phone in the next two weeks.
The newspaper says that Google has been talking both to handset manufacturers and wireless operators, with T-Mobile emerging as the leading US contender, and 3, which has just released its Skypehone, ahead of the pack in the UK. The handset manufacturers reportedly in the frame are HTC and LG
Google’s mobile software bundle will include the search engine, of course, along with GMail, YouTube and Google Maps. But reports are that Google will exclusively use open software, even on the OS.
Google has yet to comment to confirm or deny anything.