http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/ Engadget Comments for The Google Phone: It's the OS dummy http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/Oct 8th 2007 6:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/Oct 8th 2007 7:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/Oct 8th 2007 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/
and there are alot of phones coming out that could use this OS instead of WM6]]>Oct 8th 2007 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/
And it's not even out yet here in the UK.

This time next year... will I be buying the gPhone? Will it be Nokia's inevitable iClone (but unlocked and 3rd part configurable), or maybe iPhone 2nd Gen?

Whoever I go with, it better be unlocked so that I am not tied into an 18 month contract for a £35 per month (A ridiculous price considering that I am having to also pay for the phone!)

Apple, I love ya, but not THAT much!]]>Oct 8th 2007 6:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/
But I'm in the same position as you]]>Oct 8th 2007 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/
And of course we all know what the google phone rumors smell like by now.]]>Oct 8th 2007 6:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/Oct 8th 2007 7:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/]]>Oct 8th 2007 7:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/Oct 8th 2007 7:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/Oct 8th 2007 7:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/Oct 8th 2007 7:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/
But I wholly agree with you. Google is kicking ass and taking names, and I too will support them in whatever they do...until that is, if they start letting their power get to their heads.]]>Oct 8th 2007 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/Oct 8th 2007 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/
Seriously, I don't eee this happening. Where are are all Google Data Centers that were promised years ago. Where is all the free to cheap super-fast internet from all the dark fiber tht Google was buying up? Where are the free Google internet appliances that were said to be coming to every home?

There are so many HW and OS companies that have failed to make a great product--save for the iPhone but it does need some HW updates and tweaking to be a truly great HW device--that I don't see how Google,a great advertisement mogul can make this work. ]]>Oct 8th 2007 7:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/
"the International Herald Tribune stated that Google is "not creating a gadget to rival the iPhone, but rather creating software that will be an alternative to Windows Mobile from Microsoft."

Google OS will be a iPhone rival, wheteher it's a hardware+OS device or just a OS:
Until now Google has developed very good software in terms of usability and that is what Microsoft and Nokia lack. But if Google OS becomes available, lots of people will buy the device just because of Google's interface and this will harm iPhone's market share (even being a software, if it cannot be installed in iPhone then it's a competitor) so we will (pherhaps) see a big battle between those two...]]>Oct 8th 2007 7:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/Oct 8th 2007 8:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/Oct 8th 2007 7:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/
If a company like Google that does [all kinds of stuff] can devote a little time to make a new operating system, then what has Palm been doing all these years?

Discuss.]]>Oct 8th 2007 8:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/
Disclosure: My most recent two phones have been Palm-based Treos, at least in part because I want no part of a Windows Mobile-based device. Given Palm's failure to release a version of the Palm OS suitable for modern users, I'm very, very glad that both Apple and Google are throwing their hats in the ring. Someone needs to compete with Microsoft, and it doesn't look like Palm is interested.]]>Oct 8th 2007 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/
regards
http://www.jeqq.com]]>Oct 8th 2007 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/Oct 8th 2007 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v142/trinest/googlephone.jpg
Ment to be the Google Phone?
There was a version of it which I never found again too. ]]>Oct 8th 2007 11:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/
Think about it: It's about the OS, not the device. That means that the physical device is NOT as important as the OS and subsequently the daily usages of the programs and files you create.

What would be better than taking your 'phone' out, using it to send email, write/edit documents, use the internet to look up information, and then at the end of the day you set your phone on the charger... And all of your data is still accessible via Gmail and gDocs.

Just put it on CDMA, because I'm not going back to that bulls**t that is GSM.]]>Oct 8th 2007 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/
if it's hardware independent, WTF does it matter if it's CDMA or GSM? ]]>Oct 8th 2007 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/
Nope. Google will have to make a gPhone just like Apple has made the iPhone. At least in the beginning. Once it is established, they can let device manufacturers build their own devices.

And not GSM because the coverage sucks when compared with CDMA. If GSM suddenly had the coverage that CDMA did, then there would be no issue. I'm rooting for GSM (worldwide standard == good) but it's just not cutting it here.]]>Oct 8th 2007 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/Oct 8th 2007 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/Oct 8th 2007 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/Oct 8th 2007 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/Oct 8th 2007 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/Oct 8th 2007 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/
(see "New Google Phone rumors get real specific", Sep 4th 2007)

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Do I need to view and ad before my outgoing and incoming calls go through? How would Google know what type of ads to send to my phone? Online they know what I am interested in by what I type in the search engine; but would they have to listen to my conversations to know what I’m into?

The worst case scenario is I have to give up my right to private phone calls to be able to make them for free.

I don't know how Google could make money on this service. People who would sign up for this discounted service are most likely broke and can't afford to pay for their service. How much money can Google make by advertising specials at McDonalds and coupons from Wal-Mart? Targeting broke customers did not work too well for Amp’d Mobile. Maybe Google would have better luck.

Teenagers trying to cut down on their phone bills could be another target market. Since their lives are posted online anyways for the world/Google to see, they would not mind giving up what's left of their private lives so they can text for free.

Other than these two groups, I can't think of any one else who would want an ad subsidized phone.

Anybody has any ideas out there, I would like to hear it?
]]>Oct 8th 2007 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/google-phone-its-the-os-dummy/
Here is the problem and why I think the OS-only rumor is the most accurate/realistic:

If Google wanted to get into the hardware business , they would have to either a) start a new hardware infastructure from scratch, b) buy another hardware company and start from there, or c) commission another company to build something for them. None of these are very cost effective. So why not leave the the hardware to the hardware guys, and the software to the software guys. Wouldn't it make the most sense to design a mobile OS that works on any handsets and leave iClones to the other companies? Microsoft didn't enter the hardware business until almost 20 years after the companies conception and that was only with the xBox. ]]>Oct 9th 2007 12:32AM