GPhone… not a phone
October 8th, 2007
Just read that the rumored GPhone may actually be an attempt by Google to create a mobile OS:
“The essential point is that Google’s strategy is to lead the creation of an open-source competitor to Windows Mobile,” said an industry executive, who did not want his name used because his company has had contacts with Google. “They will put it in the open-source world and take the economics out of the Windows Mobile business.”Others say they believe that another major goal of the phone project is to loosen the control that carriers have over the software and services that are available on their networks.
I am wondering if this rumor is just a rumor… cuz it don’t make no sense! We already have mobile Linux and carriers are not gonna rush to use a Google OS/platform and give away precious ad revenue. In addition, I can already get to Google mobile properties from pretty much any mobile device either thru the browser, client apps in some cases (maps for example) and SMS. Yahoo and Microsoft already have a mobile application platform so if Google is just building a platform on top of Linux that has already been done. Like I said it doesn’t make sense. I bet there’s more…
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