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[News] Google Phone Will Apparently be Free Open Source, Not Just Linux-based

  • Subject: [News] Google Phone Will Apparently be Free Open Source, Not Just Linux-based
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:18:26 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Google-Powered gPhones Are On Their Way!

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| Wall Street Journal says Google plans to make the underlying software open 
| source 
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http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/451708.htm

Not exactly confirmed here:

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


Related:

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

,----[ Summary ]
| 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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