So what is Google up to with the new OS
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| There won’t be any competition, because all the players who could have
| competed simply are standing idly by, and they will let Google walk all over
| them the same way they let Microsoft walk all over them 12 years ago. There
| will be new anti-trust cases opened, and history will repeat itself.
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http://www.beercosoftware.com/blog/2007/10/20/so-what-is-google-up-to-with-the-new-os/
Related:
GPhone Not a Phone, But A Linux Software Suite: NYT
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| What it would be is a Linux-based software suite which it is trying to
| persuade the carriers to use, and then subsidize the service by monetizing it
| through advertising. Google is not expected to charge phone makers a
| licensing fee for the software.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/paidcontent/071007/1_315513_id.html?.v=1
Google's gPhone Draws a Crowd
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| Part of that shift will involve greater organization on the part of
| open-source developers creating applications in mobile Linux, which comes in
| many different flavors. "There are a lot of fragmented initiatives," says
| Jerry Panagrossi, vice-president of U.S. operations at Symbian. "A developer
| has to overhaul their code for every application they target." By designing
| for gPhone's particular flavor of Linux, open-source developers may be able
| to present a unified front—and reduce development costs. Consultancy ABI
| Research forecasts that Linux will be the fastest-growing smartphone
| operating system in the next five years. "Google has a lot of muscle to
| distribute things and to get [developers] excited," says Automattic's
| Schneider.
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http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2007/tc20070912_001791.htm?campaign_id=yhoo
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
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