Rumor: Google Phone Will Be Linux-Powered, GPS-Loaded and Cheap
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| If the murmurs are true, the GPhone cometh in September.
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| Rizzn also notes that Google's mobile device "is less about beating the
| iPhone and more about beating the $100 Laptop" made by the OLPC project. He
| speculates that Google will sell the phones for cheap and then reap ad
| revenue from targeted, text-based ads served to the phone. This isn't
| entirely new information, but it's interesting to hear the comparison with
| the OLPC -- at the least, we'll see an inexpensive, accessible device that
| uses open-source software.
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http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/08/rumor-google-ph.html
This sounds absurd because Google is funding OLPC. Marisa Mayer boasted an
iPhone last week. Eric Schmidt as well... he's on Apple's board.
Related:
Forget iPhone, the Gphone is here
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| Google, the nearly $13.5 billion search engine major, is believed to be a
| fortnight away from the worldwide launch of its much-awaited Google Phone
| (Gphone) and has started talks with service providers in India for an
| exclusive launch on one of their networks.
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http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/aug/24gphone.htm
Google spending hundreds of millions on mobile
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| Anian, a Reuters company that tracks industry trends for institutional
| investors, reported last month that Google had engaged Taiwan's High Tech
| Computer Corpto design a Linux
| software-based phone for launch in the first quarter of 2008.
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http://investing.reuters.co.uk/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=media&storyID=nN02242073
Google Using OpenMoko For gPhone?
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| A friendly penguin has told us at Phoronix that Google is looking to team up
| with OpenMoko for their "gPhone". Google will not be using the FIC Neo1973
| GTA01, but they will be bringing the open-source OpenMoko platform to their
| own hardware, which looks to be manufactured through HTC, and making a few
| changes along the way.
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http://www.phoronix.com/?page=news_item&px=NTk1Mw
Closed iPhone opens road for Linux phones
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| With iPhone a closed platform, Linux gets an wide-open road for phones and
| other smart devices
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/yager/archives/2007/08/apple_gives_lin.html?source=rss
My summer fling with iPhone
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| So like many a summer fling, the iPhone has left me with a tinge of
| disappointment. But since I am locked into a long-term relationship, I am
| trying to make the best of it.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9764195-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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