http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/ Engadget Comments for 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/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/Dec 13th 2009 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/Am I the only person who is reminded of windows when seeing that rgby symbol on the screen?]]>Dec 13th 2009 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/Nothing but it does lack the HTC Sense UI which is unfortunate. It really spruces up the Android experience.]]>Dec 13th 2009 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/
Right now, what we're excited about is mostly the specs. There will be no android phone, nor any phone whatsoever that will match the sheer power of this device.

I think 2.1 will be a more substantive update than Engadget suggests here. Google has referred to 1.6 and 2.0 as "minor" upgrades, while calling 1.5 a "major" one. It also could have an entirely different mechanism for sales. ie. it uses only data plans and flat rates.]]>Dec 13th 2009 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/Dec 13th 2009 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/Rotate that logo 90 degrees counter-clockwise.
Still... I thought of that first too...]]>Dec 13th 2009 7:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/Yes but the HTC experience slows down the rapid pace of updates. It was only a few months ago that Android 1.6 was released, then 2.0 a month ago with the droid, and 2.1 in January. If adapting HTC Sense to each new update takes forever, it really isn't worth it to me.

I'd just as soon have access to the updates as soon as their available. ]]>Dec 13th 2009 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/
I still swear Google's going to rule the world.]]>Dec 13th 2009 8:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/
My next phone will probably be an Android phone, but it'll have a keyboard. There's nothing special about this phone.]]>Dec 13th 2009 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/Dec 13th 2009 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/That's true but there's not all that much new in Android 2.x so you're really only losing out on the version number and a couple minor features compared to 1.6]]>Dec 13th 2009 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/Dec 13th 2009 8:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/Sheer power?
I assume you that by that you mean hardware specs.
There are plenty of phones with Snapdragon.
And android phones with it exist, probably the HTC Bravo and SE X10.
The X10 even has a bigger screen.
And I am not sure how it compares with OMAP3 and its PowerVR Graphics, but i think they are evenly matched.

So I don't know what you mean by that.]]>Dec 13th 2009 10:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/
Oh cool! Could you go ahead and name me one Android phone available right now that has Snapdragon?]]>Dec 13th 2009 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://bit.ly/google-phone-finally-confirmed]]>Dec 13th 2009 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/Dec 13th 2009 10:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/
The HTC Passion has been known about for a while. What's so exciting about a developer's version of a phone that we already knew was coming? No one made a big deal about this phone until it was branded the "google phone" and lusted over by developers who acted like it was a previously unheard of device.

Honestly, if we're going to get exciting about unreleased phones, the Bravo bests the Passion in looks while also having an OLED screen.]]>Dec 13th 2009 11:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/Dec 13th 2009 11:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/
and have 18 emails in my inbox. So this is the power of "FIRST!"...]]>Dec 14th 2009 2:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/Dec 15th 2009 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/
Go to Google.com, those have been Google's colors since they started. Windows came first, but I sincerely doubt Google tried to rip it off.]]>Dec 16th 2009 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/Dec 13th 2009 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/
Which is why Droid is marketed as the anti-iPhone, to attract buyers who could care less who makes it, as long as it doesn't have an Apple logo on it. Which, when you get right down to it, makes classic sense, given the fact that every single person I've met either refuses to pay out of Verizon or is a jerk-off of the highest order.]]>Dec 13th 2009 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/
Did you really say nobody cares about Google when it comes to name?

Slap yourself hard please. Thank you.]]>Dec 13th 2009 8:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/
I really don't see what is so game changing about this device, the G1 was supposed to be game changing as well, but nothing good started happening till the Just now witht he Hero, Eris, and DROID. I think we are just now seeing phones that have great hardware paired with great software. But by no means is it game changing. The iPhone was game changing cause it was the first mainstream touch interface device, it also introduced a superior OS platform, as well as brought about applications to do just about anything.

If you want to change the game now, you are going to have to re-invent the whole genre of cellphones by eliminating what we think a cellphone is and introducing a radical new concept that makes you think "wow, so simple, I could have thought of that".

But that isn't going to happen anytime soon, right now we are seeing Android vs Apple, WinMo is gone, they are going to have to kick it up, Symbian is going to be MIA till their new OS (which I hope is awesome) and RIM, well, thats a lost cause in my book, it's the smartphone for people who really don't know any better.

But, I think if Apple doesn't introduce some great new features in their OS, and a smoking new design and specs for their hardware Android is going to eat them for lunch with all these new Snapdragon phones we are seeing glimpses of. If that Xperia X10's user interface wasn't so over the top I would be all over that like white on rice.

I think the phone is great, "Eris on Steroids" like someone said, but game changing, hardly. ]]>Dec 13th 2009 8:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/
Let me start off my comment by pointing out how stupid you are.

Now, let me continue by saying that the technologically un-inclined will mainly look at who makes it and what they're friends say about it. You have it entirely backwards.

And, now I will end my comment by pointing out, again, how stupid you are.]]>Dec 13th 2009 9:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/
and one more thing ..."I think the phone is great, "Eris on Steroids" like someone said" ... i wanna clarify this. "Iphone on beautifying steroids" was the true quote. and why do you wanna be like Steve Ballmer ... remember how that ass clown laughed at the idea of Iphone in fact i remember bits of his interview before the iphone was launched " 500 Dollars hahahaha... no i think we're qite happy with our mobile platform and how things are, do you really think Americans are gonna go and buy the iphone" Boy was he wrong ... dont make the same mistake mate.

I await with great anticipation the arrival of a new gadget ....]]>Dec 13th 2009 11:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/
Next step? Apple offers free search to advertisers, sharing profit on transactional and subscription services beginning with media delivered by its mobile platform.

Disruptive? Google, chokes on its own shit and dies. Book it.]]>Dec 13th 2009 11:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/
Oh, I see. The rest of world will stand aside and let Google continue with their monopoly and/or there will be no disruption to their business model. Wow. You must have fallen hard for Windows as well.

Google is over. Plain and simple. They have failed miserably at every turn beyond their first roll of the dice.]]>Dec 14th 2009 12:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/

googles great at alot of things..


I use them for news, blogs (google reader), search , mail, pictures (picasa, just got 80gbs), video (youtube, sure they bought it, but still, and i use google video to), maps (on my phone, and on my computer), transit. I currently don't use a google phone, and don't know if a ever will, but it has some great features! (my fave being google navigation, but it isn't supported in canada, and i really like my pre.)

Apple has also changed the game in alot of ways, and so has microsoft, sony, nintendo, intel, amd, nvidia , etc... Just cause u don't use them, or like them it doesnt' mean they haven't been succeeded. ]]>Dec 14th 2009 12:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/
Android? You must be joking.]]>Dec 14th 2009 12:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/
Let's get this straight. Everything Google offers is shit. I mean total shit. But it's free to use, so people use it. I get it. But it's still shit. And it's not even original shit. It's the work and IP of others given away for free so they can suck every last drop of data out of skull.

Filthy Vampires.]]>Dec 14th 2009 12:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/
Please disconnect form the Internet. You're obviously to stupid to be allowed to form an opinion and offer it.]]>Dec 14th 2009 12:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/
T-mobile saying they'll carry it in their retail stores unlocked and unsubsidized (hopefully) means you can go into a t-mobile store, buy the phone without signing up for a plan, then walk out to another carrier's store and sign up for a plan per month.

for the US, wireless companies will have to actually improve their plans and service instead of getting exclusive phones to tie a customer to a 2-year service plan. google is doing what the incompetent gov't can't or won't because congressmen are lining their pockets, and it's in google's interest.

other countries already have unlocked/unsubsidized phones and don't have to sign annual contracts. they're used to spending $100-$500 on the new PHONE and signing up for whatever plan. it's different in the US because the wireless companies make more money by tying you to a 2-year contract, nickel & dime your charges, yet you still can't leave them or you have to pay a stupid ETF like verizon's new $350 fee for smartphones. If you sign up for a plan, a company nickel & dimes you for one month, BAM, you're gone, you're on another carrier who doesn't do that, no ETF, no contract.

this can most certainly be a game changer not for the actual hardware/tech but how it's being sold.]]>Dec 14th 2009 1:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/How big is your knowledge of international phone markets? Most of Europe and the other rich countries work under the same subsidized system as the US, even though phones are widely available without contract for those who want them. Customers clearly prefer the low upfront payment (the 1€ phone), I would say by 8 or 9 out 10. Especially for expensive smartphones. If this Google phone comes out w/o contract for $499, it will be out of the question for 9 out of 10 US customers as well. There's a reason why Apple, the control freaks, agreed to work with a carrier partner instead of going it alone.]]>Dec 14th 2009 7:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/Dec 14th 2009 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/
And I'm sorry that you use Yahoo search or Bing search because you don't believe in free services paid by advertisements... Oh, wait, Bing and Yahoo do the same thing. Hmmm. And so does Hotmail.

I'm sorry that you think an open development system is bad, obviously, openness is bad for the ecosystem.

I'm sorry you're losing and feel the need to continue to fight a losing battle. ]]>Dec 14th 2009 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/
I see. So since you have absolutely no point, and just want to pout like a three year old, we should listen to you? No. You're a pathetic excuse for a human being, that can't even keep his argument straight.

I will stick with my point. Google has raked in enormous amounts of money for advertising. Fail? Nope. Google has expanded to other fronts as the trends changed. Fail? You're wrong again. Really failed at everything? Really? And now you're probably all huffy and puffy, because you're wrong.

And really, what does Windows have to do with any of this? You fail. You fail HARD.]]>Dec 14th 2009 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/
Hmmm. Google is open. Does Google provide their search algorithms for open source development? Google, like every other company, will say or do anything as long as it is in their best financial interest.]]>Dec 14th 2009 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/
The day average US consumers drop $500 bucks on an unlocked phone will be the day. Book it.]]>Dec 14th 2009 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/
And all that nonsense just to spout your opinion? Sheesh. Not very focused, are you?

Have you seen this phone running? Have you used it? Do you know how good the call quality is? Do you know how much it will cost? Do you know anything about it that nobody else does? If so, by all means share. Until then you will be labeled as a total moron with an inferiority complex, that most certainly does not have this gift of prophesying that he claims to possess.]]>Dec 14th 2009 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/
If so, I find that hard to believe. It must be my imagination that only weeks after gushing about that crippled dog aka Droid, the Andbois have moved on to their next 'gamechanger'.

Now that Apple has dominated Google, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mo, WinMo, Palm, RIM (2 for the price of 1!), HTC and Moto in 2009, look for Apple to defecate all over these sorry excuses in 2010.

Their brand new subscription and transactional business model for media based upon the principle of free and anonymous search will have Google eating their own dogshit and choking on it in the not too distant future.]]>Dec 14th 2009 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/
Apple dominating Google? Really? So now Apple is doing search engines and advertising? Dominated Sprint, Verizon T-Mobile, etc? Apple is also offering cell service now? And all these other manufacturers/operating systems? Apple does all these things so well that these people aren't making money anymore?

And tell me, what made the iPhone so popular? The fact that it's good for apps? That it handles a few things pretty well? No. Because people talk about it a lot. That's all it takes. The very day after news of this Nexus One phone started popping up, I was hearing radio stations talking about this new phone. If it has good call quality, a large app store and people to hype it, it will compete very well with the iPhone.]]>Dec 14th 2009 9:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/love android but i need a good virtual keyboard]]>Dec 13th 2009 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/HTC's version of it (on Sense) is great, I have zero complaints. Guessing you are talking about the standard Android keyboard? Since I haven't used it, what is needing to be fixed on it?]]>Dec 13th 2009 7:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/Dec 13th 2009 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/Dec 13th 2009 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/Dec 13th 2009 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/Dec 13th 2009 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/13/the-google-phone-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont/jordan is the one filled with corporate hype?]]>Dec 13th 2009 7:29PM