Rumor after rumor after rumor keeps appearing that Google is to release its own mobile phone, the Gphone. Originally all these Google Phone rumors were compiled into a timeline view in April 2007. Since then, they continued to update the list, so that the confused, perplexed or just plain curious can keep track of what's come out when. Enjoy!
The full gPhone timeline can be found at Searchengineland.
December 2004 - Too Many Fragmented Devices:
August 2005 - Google Buys Phone Software Company & Operating System Coming?
January 2006 - Google Gets CDMA Patent
November 2006 - Schmidt Says Phones Should Be Free
December 2006 - Rumor Of Google Working With HTC & Orange On Phone
January 2007 - Picture Of Google-Samsung "Switch" Phone
February 2007 Google Goes After Airwaves
March 6, 2007 - Renewed Speculation Off Analysis Of Rumors & Tips
March 13, 2007 - New Picture & Info Of Google-Samsung Device (Again)
March 16, 2007 - Exec Confirms Wireless Device Activity
March 21, 2007 - No Phone, Just Software (Sort Of Again)
March 21, 2007 - Talking With O2 About Gphone
March 22, 2007 - More Patents Emerge
March 28, 2007 - More Partnerships
April 18, 2007 - HTC Making Google Handsets
May 3, 2007 - Google Goes After Different Airwaves
May 21, 2007: Google Talking With O2 (Again)
June 1, 2007: It's An Operating System, Stupid (Again)
July 3, 2007: No GPhone, But How About A YouPhone?
July 25, 2007: The Google Mobile Phone Network
July 26, 2007: Google & Sprint Partner
August 1, 2007: Setback On Those Different Airwaves
August 2, 2007: It's An Operating System, Stupid (Again, Again)
August 6, 2007: Setback On Those Original Airwaves
August 24, 2007: Two Weeks To Gphone Day!
August 27, 2007: There Really Is A Gphone Thingamajig, Promise!
August 27, 2007: HTC Is Making It (Again, Again)
August 28, 2007: It's An Operating System, Stupid (Again, Again, Again)
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even more details can be found at Search Engine Land's Google mobile section.
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Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Introducing the Google Phone
The golden ticket is a chance to see a prototype of Google's new mobile phone, which Miner has shown to a handful of Boston entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, some of whom have signed nondisclosure agreements and some of whom haven't.
Dan Roth, president of VoiceSignal, a division of Nuance Communications Inc. which makes speech recognition technology for cellphones, is under NDA. Mike Phillips, founder of Vlingo Inc., a speech recognition start-up, has seen the phone - but neither company would say whether they're working with Google. Paul Ferri, a founder of the Waltham venture capital firm Matrix Partners, has seen it, as has Murali Aravamudan, founder of a start-up called Veveo that is building a video search engine especially for phones. "We'd love to support a Google phone, if and when it becomes available," Aravamudan says, adding that there isn't yet a deal in the works.
from boston.com
Dan Roth, president of VoiceSignal, a division of Nuance Communications Inc. which makes speech recognition technology for cellphones, is under NDA. Mike Phillips, founder of Vlingo Inc., a speech recognition start-up, has seen the phone - but neither company would say whether they're working with Google. Paul Ferri, a founder of the Waltham venture capital firm Matrix Partners, has seen it, as has Murali Aravamudan, founder of a start-up called Veveo that is building a video search engine especially for phones. "We'd love to support a Google phone, if and when it becomes available," Aravamudan says, adding that there isn't yet a deal in the works.
from boston.com
Monday, September 3, 2007
Rumors multiply of 'Google Phone' launch
3 days ago
NEW YORK (AFP) — Specialized blogs are all abuzz this week with rumors that Internet giant Google will soon launch the "Google Phone" or "GPhone," a cheap mobile phone equipped with a Google operating system.
High-tech product specialist Engadget said a Google announcement would come next week, adding that a Google operating system would be tailor-made for the new cell phone.
According to another blog, CrunchGear, "Google is currently assessing over twenty (of Taiwan's) HTC models" and plans to launch its cell phone between January amd March of 2008.
Photographs of Google's touch-screen handset are already on the Internet, and according to Rizzn.com, it will cost a mere 100 dollars.
CrunchGear said the HTC/Google phone would have Google Talk enabled, allowing users to make free Internet phone calls.
The blog said the Google phone will not only be able to surf the net but also will include "a special version of Google Maps, compatible with built-in GPS, and compatibility with Gmail," Google's email service.
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NEW YORK (AFP) — Specialized blogs are all abuzz this week with rumors that Internet giant Google will soon launch the "Google Phone" or "GPhone," a cheap mobile phone equipped with a Google operating system.
High-tech product specialist Engadget said a Google announcement would come next week, adding that a Google operating system would be tailor-made for the new cell phone.
According to another blog, CrunchGear, "Google is currently assessing over twenty (of Taiwan's) HTC models" and plans to launch its cell phone between January amd March of 2008.
Photographs of Google's touch-screen handset are already on the Internet, and according to Rizzn.com, it will cost a mere 100 dollars.
CrunchGear said the HTC/Google phone would have Google Talk enabled, allowing users to make free Internet phone calls.
The blog said the Google phone will not only be able to surf the net but also will include "a special version of Google Maps, compatible with built-in GPS, and compatibility with Gmail," Google's email service.
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Google looks at payments by mobile phone
The emergence of a patent filing has stoked speculation that Google is working on a mobile phone-based payments service dubbed “Gpay” that could be rolled out by the internet search giant with a new phone handset.
Speculation hit fever pitch last week over the possible shape of Google’s next foray into telecoms as a host of blogs carried pictures of what was claimed to be a low-cost, internet enabled handset – the “Gphone”.
The fresh patent, which was filed last year by Google but has only just been published, describes how a text message from a mobile phone could trigger a “computer-implemented method of effectuating an electronic on-line payment”.
from Times online
Speculation hit fever pitch last week over the possible shape of Google’s next foray into telecoms as a host of blogs carried pictures of what was claimed to be a low-cost, internet enabled handset – the “Gphone”.
The fresh patent, which was filed last year by Google but has only just been published, describes how a text message from a mobile phone could trigger a “computer-implemented method of effectuating an electronic on-line payment”.
from Times online
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Google may jump into mobile phone game
Google Inc., owner of the most-popular Internet search engine, may introduce software to run mobile phones within the next eight weeks to promote its e-mail and mapping services, an analyst said.
The operating system would allow the company to partner with a mobile-phone manufacturer, Piper Jaffray & Co. analyst Gene Munster wrote in a report today. He said he isn't expecting Google to build a handset or create a Google-branded phone.
"There has been increasing chatter surrounding the launch of a Google phone, dubbed the 'Gphone,"' the Minneapolis-based analyst wrote. He has an "outperform" rating on the stock. "We believe the rumors are partially true."
from bloomberg news
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The operating system would allow the company to partner with a mobile-phone manufacturer, Piper Jaffray & Co. analyst Gene Munster wrote in a report today. He said he isn't expecting Google to build a handset or create a Google-branded phone.
"There has been increasing chatter surrounding the launch of a Google phone, dubbed the 'Gphone,"' the Minneapolis-based analyst wrote. He has an "outperform" rating on the stock. "We believe the rumors are partially true."
from bloomberg news
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Nokia N-Gage Games Service is official! Let the games beginn ;-)
As part of their press event today in London, Nokia officially announced their new N-Gage games service.
"As we expand our focus from a dedicated game phone to a gaming service, we are making getting and playing games even easier," said Jaakko Kaidesoja, head of the games business at Nokia. "The N-Gage service combined with powerful devices, world class titles and brands, and interactive social networking features, takes the mobile gaming experience beyond traditional boundaries."
The support for N-Gage continues to grow with EA SPORTS(TM) FIFA 08, The Sims(TM) 2 Pets, Tetris®, and Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® being developed for the platform as well as new publishers Capcom and Vivendi, and its famed Crash Bandicoot®, on board. Nokia Publishing also announced new titles: Snakes Subsonic and Bounce Boing Voyage.
The N-Gage service will be available globally in November 2007.
See also the N-Gage site.
"As we expand our focus from a dedicated game phone to a gaming service, we are making getting and playing games even easier," said Jaakko Kaidesoja, head of the games business at Nokia. "The N-Gage service combined with powerful devices, world class titles and brands, and interactive social networking features, takes the mobile gaming experience beyond traditional boundaries."
The support for N-Gage continues to grow with EA SPORTS(TM) FIFA 08, The Sims(TM) 2 Pets, Tetris®, and Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® being developed for the platform as well as new publishers Capcom and Vivendi, and its famed Crash Bandicoot®, on board. Nokia Publishing also announced new titles: Snakes Subsonic and Bounce Boing Voyage.
The N-Gage service will be available globally in November 2007.
See also the N-Gage site.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Long-standing rumors about Google Phone
Long-standing rumors that Google will follow Apple with a mobile device of its own are heating up this week. On Monday, blogger Mark Hopkins posted that a Google employee confirmed to him that the company is indeed developing a cell phone.
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Hopkins' source, whom Hopkins said is an "implicitly" trustworthy insider, told him, "the Google (applications) Suite is going to play a huge role in the usability of the GPhone, and the thought process behind it's (sic) functionality is less about beating the iPhone and more about beating the $100 Laptop."
Read more about this at blogazine!
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Hopkins' source, whom Hopkins said is an "implicitly" trustworthy insider, told him, "the Google (applications) Suite is going to play a huge role in the usability of the GPhone, and the thought process behind it's (sic) functionality is less about beating the iPhone and more about beating the $100 Laptop."
Read more about this at blogazine!
More phones in the lurking?
Communication is the core. Any product around it is big money. Deep pockets, a skilled design team and a “killer app” and perhaps a phone is not all that a bad idea. Consider this, there was another rumor rife at the Leipzig Games Convention that Sony Ericsson was planning a PlayStation based phone (PocketGamer) somewhere down the line.
With online advertising as the mainstay of its success, Google has a lot of options to play with to determining the price of the Gphone. Many feel that it will cost lesser than the iPhone, with perhaps similar features.
What often intrigues me is how the traditional mobile phone heavy weights are not at the center of these innovation flux. Did they never see these coming, a whole industry becoming a fundamental base for add on apps? As for a user, its indeed a rollicking time to own a phone. So with the limited speculation that is out there, would a GPhone interest you?
With online advertising as the mainstay of its success, Google has a lot of options to play with to determining the price of the Gphone. Many feel that it will cost lesser than the iPhone, with perhaps similar features.
What often intrigues me is how the traditional mobile phone heavy weights are not at the center of these innovation flux. Did they never see these coming, a whole industry becoming a fundamental base for add on apps? As for a user, its indeed a rollicking time to own a phone. So with the limited speculation that is out there, would a GPhone interest you?
Google Phone becomes Reality
Various ‘very trustworthy’ sources have confirmed a Google mobile device platform, or OS, to be revealed in the near future. The new Google offering, christened by various blogs as the ‘Gphone OS’, is expected to hit handhelds in 1Q 2008, if not earlier.
The new OS apparently began development after Google’s 2005 acquisition of Android, a mobile software company. The Android team is currently shopping around a Linux-based mobile device OS that provides a customizable system, ostensibly with great Google integration. Read the whole story at searchviews.com
The new OS apparently began development after Google’s 2005 acquisition of Android, a mobile software company. The Android team is currently shopping around a Linux-based mobile device OS that provides a customizable system, ostensibly with great Google integration. Read the whole story at searchviews.com
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Google Using OpenMoko For gPhone?
There has been a new batch of rumors swirling about Google producing a "gPhone" mobile telephone after a Reuters reporter stated High Tech Computer Corp would be designing the Linux phone for Google. A friendly penguin has told us at Phoronix that Google is looking to team up with OpenMoko for their "gPhone". Google will not be using the FIC Neo1973 GTA01, but they will be bringing the open-source OpenMoko platform to their own hardware, which looks to be manufactured through HTC, and making a few changes along the way.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Google against Nokia
Nokia's biggest competitor in the future may be Google. If Nokia doesn't offer value added services and software on its phones, Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft will. In a world of shrinking margins on handset hardware sales, finding every valuable cent per user per ad or selling services for monthyl revenue is incredibly important. Where is Motorola in all of this?
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GPhone - Detailes reported
details reported include:
* The G-Phone will have a large color screen with a predictive Qwerty keypad to simplify Google searching
* A follow-up 3G-capable model (Edge is considered "2.75G") will use a Qualcomm chipset
* Scheduled for production in Q1 of 2006, the Google phone will hit retail shelves next spring
* Call minutes and text messages are to be funded by "mobile advertising"
* Google originally hoped to launch a phone this year, but was delayed by "difficulties in nailing down a deal with a handset maker"
* T-Mobile will carrier the phone in the U.S., along with (possibly) Orange in other markets
A mobile offering would be consistent with Google's goal to make search accessible. We believe Google would design a solution to facilitate greater use of Google Search and other applications like Google Talk, Gmail, Google Maps, encourage wireless video, and leverage this usage to hasten the market for mobile advertising."
Google itself has declined to comment on rumors it plans to produce a phone.
* The G-Phone will have a large color screen with a predictive Qwerty keypad to simplify Google searching
* A follow-up 3G-capable model (Edge is considered "2.75G") will use a Qualcomm chipset
* Scheduled for production in Q1 of 2006, the Google phone will hit retail shelves next spring
* Call minutes and text messages are to be funded by "mobile advertising"
* Google originally hoped to launch a phone this year, but was delayed by "difficulties in nailing down a deal with a handset maker"
* T-Mobile will carrier the phone in the U.S., along with (possibly) Orange in other markets
A mobile offering would be consistent with Google's goal to make search accessible. We believe Google would design a solution to facilitate greater use of Google Search and other applications like Google Talk, Gmail, Google Maps, encourage wireless video, and leverage this usage to hasten the market for mobile advertising."
Google itself has declined to comment on rumors it plans to produce a phone.
Ad supported mobile phones
if someone were to offer a free, ad-supported mobile option, Google would be among the most likely to succeed. It’s a delicate business model that requires existing relationships with several aspects of the mobile and advertising community, and that’s something Google has. Blyk is one company that’s been working on a similar offering for some time now, and has not yet reached its goal of launching its service to the public.
In related news, Google is working with Sprint Nextel on a WiMax offering and has also created an Ajax search tool for the iPhone.
Read the whole story at M!
In related news, Google is working with Sprint Nextel on a WiMax offering and has also created an Ajax search tool for the iPhone.
Read the whole story at M!
Googles cellphone project
Google has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the cellphone project, say people who have been briefed on it. It has developed prototype handsets, made overtures to operators such as T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless, and talked over technical specifications with phone manufacturers. It hopes multiple manufacturers will make devices based on its specs and multiple carriers will offer them.
For wireless operators, the plans are a double-edged sword. Google's powerful brand and its popular Web services could help operators sign up more subscribers to data packages, on which they increasingly rely as voice revenue declines. However, operators have been wary about losing control over the mobile-ad market.
In recent months Google has rolled out mobile versions of products such as the YouTube video-sharing site. It has made deals to include its search engine or applications such as Google Maps and Gmail on select handsets. But the company has sometimes been frustrated at the limited distribution it has achieved. In some cases, Google has managed to get around operators.
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For wireless operators, the plans are a double-edged sword. Google's powerful brand and its popular Web services could help operators sign up more subscribers to data packages, on which they increasingly rely as voice revenue declines. However, operators have been wary about losing control over the mobile-ad market.
In recent months Google has rolled out mobile versions of products such as the YouTube video-sharing site. It has made deals to include its search engine or applications such as Google Maps and Gmail on select handsets. But the company has sometimes been frustrated at the limited distribution it has achieved. In some cases, Google has managed to get around operators.
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Forget iPhone, the Gphone is here
Google is believed to be a fortnight away from the worldwide launch of its much-awaited Google Phone (Gphone) and has started talks with service providers in India for an exclusive launch on one of their networks.
Talks are believed to be taking place with Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Essar, respectively India's first and third largest mobile telephony operators, and state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam.
Sources close to the development said a simultaneous launch across the US and Europe is expected, and announcements would be sent to media firms in India and other parts of the world. US regulatory approval, which is expected soon, is the only hurdle that Google is waiting to cross, they added. Google plans to invest $7-8 billion for its global telephony foray.
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