Category Archives: gPhone

Google “like” Phone Pictures. Bug labs modular phone to run Android SDK

Posted on November 20, 2007 by

Update: The headlines are misleading.   This phone is not by Google, but will be able to run “Android”, the Googley operating sytem from the Open Handset Alliance.   This is an important development but different from a true phone from Google.      There are … Continue reading →

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Google Phone is coming, the gPhone is coming!

Posted on November 16, 2007 by

The Wall Street Journal has (ummm – just figured out?) that Google’s phone ambitions are substantial.  It’s not yet clear if they’ll become their own huge phone company, but I’m guessing they will and that they will do a good … Continue reading →

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Androids bearing gifts

Posted on November 12, 2007 by

 The Android SDK is out.   This would be geek speak for saying “let the cell phone games begin”, and perhaps market speak for “Palm’s Dead and Symbian is probably screwed”. The Androids haven’t just landed though, they are bearing suitcases stuffed with … Continue reading →

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Google to buy Sprint? Only if Sprint gets really “gets lucky”.

Posted on November 11, 2007 by

Rumors that Google might buy Sprint appear to be mostly just that – silly rumors to catch a headline.    Not so much that it would be a bad idea - for Sprint it would be the rescue they can only dream about … Continue reading →

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Google to everybody: Open up and say “Google”

Posted on November 5, 2007 by

Matt Ingram  has it right again – Google sees Openness as a competitive advantage, but Google is also correct that Open Social networking and open cellular software and hardware are in the best long term interests of the internet community. The tech blogosphere has been abuzz for … Continue reading →

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Open Handset Alliance

Posted on November 5, 2007 by

Today Google and partners announced the Open Handset Alliance, a group of phone related businesses and technology providers that are committing to develop phones and software with an “open architecture”.    Although showcasing an actual Google Phone would have been more dramatic, this … Continue reading →

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Google Phone, Android, and the Google Mobile OS

Posted on November 3, 2007 by

More details about the Google Phone are shaking out, with a press conference expected Monday to announce the big plans.   NYT has a great profile of Andy Rubin, Google’s gPhone Meister who started Android to develop a better mobile device … Continue reading →

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Google Phone – gPhone’s Android is landing?

Posted on November 2, 2007 by

Google is *incredibly* good at keeping secrets, and the rumors of a new gPhone or Google Phone have been flying for some time.   However CNET’s Tom Krazit is reporting tonight that Google, on Monday, will unleash “Android”, an open source approach to mobile phones.     As … Continue reading →

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Google Phone announcement expected soon

Posted on October 31, 2007 by

Om Malik is reporting on several aspects of the coming Google Mobile operating system and/or “Google Phone” that will likely drive many phones and be available through several carriers which may include T Mobile and Sprint. As noted before here at … Continue reading →

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Google Open Social opens Social

Posted on October 30, 2007 by

Google’s OpenSocial launches Thursday and will be a set of 3 APIs that will allow interface with a stable of early partners in the project incluing Friendster and LinkedIn.   Unclear to me is if the big social network players – … Continue reading →

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