Google Phone rumors circulating again, no denials this time
By Sean P. Aune
Rumors of a Google Phone are circulating again, and unlike previous times, Google isn’t coming right out and denying the stories.
There is no doubt that Google wants a piece of the mobile market. With their recent announcement of partnering with Sprint for a WiMax rollout, and their discussions with the FCC about keeping portions of the 700 MHz band open so any consumer can connect to it, it’s obvious the search giant is looking to get in to the market.
The big question that is on everyone’s mind now is if they are truly working on their own handset. When asked about the possibility of a phone, Google spokesman Michael Kirkland was very vague about their intentions.
“”We’re partnering with carriers, manufacturers, and content providers around the world to bring Google search and Google applications to mobile users everywhere,” he said. “What our users and partners are telling us is that they want Google search and Google applications on mobile, and we are working hard every day to deliver that.”
What’s so curious about this is that they have already partnered with multiple companies. They have already brought some applications to the iPhone, and they’re working with Sprint, so what else could there be but an ad-supported phone?
There have been rumors of them showing a handset to manufacturers and carriers already, but no word if it is anything more than a standard phone or something sophisticated like Apple’s first entry in to the market.
When all of this information is added to Google’s request to the FCC, it’s not hard to imagine an ad-supported phone, usable anywhere, is in the works.
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August 4th, 2007
Looking forward to it! Keep the news coming.
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August 5th, 2007
You say:
“What’s so curious about this is that they have already partnered with multiple companies. They have already brought some applications to the iPhone, and they’re working with Sprint, so what else could there be but an ad-supported phone?”
You’re a moron. There could be lots of things. Maybe they’re just working to develop an app that is available on the menu-screen of Sprint phones. There’s umpteen better written articles out there on the net that have complained that the mobile phone carriers are very tight about what can and cannot go on any of their phones, that the carriers are too restrictive in that unless you have a smartphone running a Palm or Windows Mobile OS, any normal phone “OS” is too tightly integrated with the carrier for users to just be able to download an app and have it run on their phone. There’s not even a way to download it without the carrier’s consent in most cases. So if Google’s wanting to have a new app or series of apps on Sprint’s phone, they’d have to work with Sprint in order to achieve that. There’s absolutely no word from Google that gives anyone to believe this is anything different than that. Another thing you’re missing is Google’s recent purchase of GrandCentral, and how Google threw the product into “Google beta” status and locked down user sign-ups temporarily. If you’re just wanting to veer into the territory of wild-a** guesses, what about the possibility that Google wanted the wireless spectrum so that it could create the infrastructure to create and deliver its own unified messaging product, basically integrating Grand Central and Gmail? Maybe my wild-a** guess is worse than yours. Irrelevant. I’m not saying “what else could there be” as if there were no other possibilities. There’s LOTS of possibilities. I said it in another post, and I’ll say it here too… the writing here lately is juvenile and pointless, and apparently I’m not the only one reaching that conclusion because lately I’ve been having to dig your “news” rag out of my spam box in order to read it. Elevate your writing before it descends past anyone’s reach or concern.