Google Announce the Google Phone
Google has announced the Google Phone, and instead of a phone that’s manufactured by just one company, it’s an open software platform that’s going to be loaded on phones made by HTC, LG, Motorola and Samsung. Those phones are going to be available in the US on Sprint and T-Mobile by the second half of 2008—plus, it’s going to be available in China, Japan, Germany, Italy, and Spain on their respective carriers.
No word on the UK as yet, as usual we will probably have to wait a lot longer than the US and the rest of Europe.
The 34-member Open Handset Alliance, as the group is called, also includes many of the leading makers of mobile phone chips, like Broadcom, Intel, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments, as well as SiRF Technology Holdings, Marvell Technology Group, Nvidia and Synaptics. EBay (which owns the Internet calling service Skype), Nuance Communications, NMS Communications and Wind River Systems are also members of the group.
The technology is expected to provide cellular handset manufacturers and wireless operators with capabilities that match and potentially surpass those using smartphone software made by Apple, Microsoft, Nokia, Palm, Research in Motion and others. In contrast to the existing competitors, Google’s software will be offered freely under “open source” licensing terms, meaning that handset manufacturers will be able to use it at no cost and be free to add new features to differentiate their products.
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Google phone is great but have you seen the new 3 mobile skype phone? I saw a video at weshow and it’s revolutionary! I have to buy one when it comes out… Here is the video if you haven’t seen yet.
weshow.com/us/p/21483/3_mobile_releases_a_skype_phone
cool isn’t it? =D
Hey Victor
I just did a review of the 3 Skype phone yesterday, as I have been testing it for about a week, its a great phone.
You can read about it here.
http://www.gadgettastic.com/2007/11/04/3-skype-phone-full-review-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-3-skype-phone/