Comments on: The Google Phone Rumor Returns… AGAIN

By: nokia5230

nokia5230 — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:28:23 +0000

Although google is internet king, it is very new in cell field. It may attract customers at beginning but google can not keep them for long period

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:18:38 +0000

Who can market its product better than Google.After all Google is the internet king.iphone is about to face stiff competition.

By: just some dude

just some dude — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:39:08 +0000

No need for CDMA benjamin, it wont be cell tower based, and as for Gizmo5 thomas520 that is part of it. Google will use there software for the IP telephony and clearwires wimax infrastructure for the data. They will have an initial partnership with AT&T for data, at least until there up running with clearwire.
Imaging an always on connection where ever you go, the holy grail in connectivity.

Good times ahead for all.

By: Thomas520

Thomas520 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:43:14 +0000

I was just wondering.... I saw this on CNN the other day about Google making a move in purchasing Gizmo5 and possibly becoming a phone carrier company ---- could this all be linked together??? Here is the link: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/11/13/google.phone.s...

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:51:35 +0000

If this were true I would drop my carrier voice plan in a heartbeat.

By: Benjamin Rubenstein

Benjamin Rubenstein — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:52:34 +0000

ShhhhhhYeahhhhhhhh!

Can't wait for this bad boy! Please work on CDMA! Please!

By: Jess

Jess — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:22:27 +0000

I don't want a phone filled with ads......wait I already do with Android & I love it. Bring it on Google...

Didn't Google buy up the 700MHz frequency auction Have they used it for anything yet?

By: David M.

David M. — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:47:48 +0000

Where there's smoke there's fire, that's what my mami used to say .... well not really but you get the point

By: Jose

Jose — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:31:01 +0000

Wow, this is getting interestinger and interestinger... Thanks for the link Chuck.

By: Jose

Jose — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:28:50 +0000

Ugh, good point. I hate loopholes!!

By: Jose

Jose — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:28:30 +0000

Well, I did say "rarely"... but I LOVED the baseball analogy! I also like Dunn as Angel DH next year - just saying

By: Chuck Falzone

Chuck Falzone — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:56:59 +0000

Google swings and misses all the time: knol, orkut, jaiku, lively, google answers, etc. They're like Adam Dunn: lots of homeruns, lots of strikeouts.

By: Chuck Falzone

Chuck Falzone — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:51:21 +0000

There's a new TC piece up now hypothesizing that the Googlephone might be a data-only VOIP phone: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/18/the-google-p...

By: Taylor

Taylor — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:13:23 +0000

Technically, they are not "making hardware". Some other company will produce the phone and they just stamp their name on it.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:51:33 +0000

Google is known for taking technology, making it better, and giving it away to the masses. I’m personally hoping this is a lower end phone. I could totally see Google making a super thin, consumer oriented world phone thats unlocked out of the box that you can use on whichever carrier you want. No frills, no added on software, just a cheap $100-200 candybar touchscreen phone that works. It’s very Google-esq to release something like this to shift the dynamic, get people off cell phone contracts, and make carriers be competitive with rates and fight it out for no contract customers. It could certainly be the start of the end for $600 cell phones. The profit margins on these phones for no-contract purchases is outrageous.

By: Jose

Jose — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:50:11 +0000

So Google's Android architect Andy Rubin lied when he said, "We're not making hardware. We're enabling other people to build hardware."?

I thought that quote had put this to bed. Sad to see it back.

Google rarely swings and misses when it steps up to the plate so I am curious to see their vision of the perfect phone. On the other hand, we already have so much fragmentation between carriers and OS I'm not sure this is the smartest move in the world.

I guess we just have to wait a few months to find out if this was a smart move by the big G or not.