Google in talks with Verizon Wireless: sources
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| The ground-breaking part of the plan, according to the newspaper, is Google's
| aim to make the phone's software "open," right down to the operating system
| which controls applications and interacts with hardware.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071030/wr_nm/google_phones_dc
China's e28 to be Google's Gphone Handset Supplier
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| E28 is a leading provider of mobile Linux convergence technology and will fit
| the Google mantra of keeping everything open.
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http://www.theindiastreet.com/2007/10/chinas-e28-to-be-gphone-handset.html
Related:
Google to Put an End to Pesky Gphone Rumors
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| In addition to including its search engine, Google Maps, YouTube and Gmail in
| the mobile bundle, Google reportedly plans to use open software
| exclusively -- including the operating system. That would enable developers
| to build additional phone features -- to some extent, similar to what they
| can currently do to some extent using Microsoft's Windows Mobile platform.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/60069.html
More Google Phone Rumors: Hello Linux Edition
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| Last but not least, there was initially only one prototype, but Google and
| HTC have since gone on to place the mobile OS on "between 3 and 5 devices,
| all of which rock the QWERTY."
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http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/333/C13296/
Linux-Powered Smartphone Use on the Rise
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| Linux smartphone technology will see its fastest growth, with annual growth
| rates as high as 75 percent, in the 2007 to 2012 period.
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http://www.adtmag.com/article.aspx?id=21243
Why Google is Building a Phone
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| On the Internet Yahoo and Microsoft are playing second fiddles to Google when
| it comes to search and ad revenue. But when it comes to mobile phones Yahoo
| and Microsoft are way ahead of Google.
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http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/005352.html
Five Facts About Google Phone
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| Initially there was one prototype, but over past few months Google has the
| mobile OS running on 3-to-5 devices, most of them likely made by HTC, a
| mobile phone maker, and all have Qwerty apps. The model that folks have seen
| is very similar to the T-Mobile Dash. Around 3GSM, there were rumors that
| Google, Orange and HTC were working together on mobile devices.
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http://gigaom.com/2007/09/03/google-phone-facts/
Linux Sees 'Astronomic' Growth in Mobile Devices
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| "We were very aware that the growth in mobile for Linux was huge, but we
| didn't know it was so astronomic," Amanda McPherson, marketing director for
| the Linux Foundation, told LinuxInsider. "These are very encouraging
| numbers." Why Linux has drawn significant support from the community of
| handset manufacturers can be explained on several fronts, McPherson said.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/59162.html
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
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
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