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Google Shopping Phone To Carriers and Manufacturers

Aug 2, 2007, 2:35 PM by (staff)

The Wall Street Journal today reports that Google has shown a handset reference design to manufacturers, asking them to design a handset that meets the same specifications and runs an operating designed by Google including a new browser and integration with many of Google's popular online applications. The designs include a still and video camera, Wi-Fi and possibly 3G and GPS, as well as a full QWERTY keyboard. Google doesn't plan to require manufacturers to license the design or the software, in hopes as many as possible will develop compatible handsets. Nor is Google working on an exclusive with any one carrier, reportedly approaching all of the national carriers in the US. Google hopes that advertising will offset the service costs, allowing subscribers to use the phone for free. MVNOs such as Blyk and Mosh Mobile, which recently started a beta test in the US, also intend to offer ad-supported service.

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rosco sweet

Aug 2, 2007, 3:44 PM

Oh Google...

... how I love thee. 😁

nextel18

It will be better in the future with its partnership deal with Sprint and Wimax and when it secures some licenses in this upcoming spectrum auction.

Good things will come in the future. (I have shares in the company)

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pennyless10

Aug 2, 2007, 4:10 PM

oh how naive does google think we are...

all these great features coming from a company that wants to SELL a persons search request to the NSA... for "our protection" 🙄

brandonabe

ummm... sounds great to me, I have nothin to hide. Google rocks!

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bigshaun

Do you have something to hide? Are you searching Google for the average weather temps in Iran? What do you have to hide, and why does it bother you so much. I think this should be a refreshing change in the celluer industry. An industry ofttimes f...
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BigHev

tipical lib... 🙄
if you got nothing to hide, why worry about the NSA?

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Cinner

This is such a f**king stupid argument. If the NSA doesn't get a hold of all the information they need and we have another terrorist attack take place in the US, who will be the first to point the finger at the government and claiming that not enough...
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muchdrama

pennyless10 said:
all these great features coming from a company that wants to SELL a persons search request to the NSA... for "our protection" 🙄

Yeah, we're forever vigilant about this stuff.

Yes, that was ...
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SystemShock

pennyless10 said:
all these great features coming from a company that wants to SELL a persons search request to the NSA... for "our protection" 🙄

To be fair, itsn not just Google... pretty much every single telco...
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brandonabe

All this because google will sell your search querries.

The NSA isnt going to e-mail your parents all your "questionable" search requests. They arent going to send lists of all the chatrooms you frequent to your friends. They will be looking for p...
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scbysnx

Aug 2, 2007, 9:26 PM

free service supported by advertising?

I don't like this idea AT ALL. There was a reason I never used net zero and there's a reason I'd rather pay for conveniance then get a pain in the ass for free. I would fall all over myself to pay for a google phone but I don't want to have a qaurter of it covered with ads and I don't want ads given to me every 5 minutes.

OtherSprintGuy

Good call....I like my phone too much to end up throwing it across the room because of pop-ups...I was the first guy inline to purchase a pop-up blocker..just like you, I would rather pay and expect greatness rather than not pay and be annoyed beyond ...
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vonclay

Hopefully they realize this and offer a phone without the ads for those of us who are willing to pay.

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