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Tuesday, March 06, 2007 9:43 AM/EST
Didn't see this discussion until it hit Techmeme, but: Venture capitalist Simeon Simeonov says he has more info on the long-rumored Google Phone, including the following: - The Google Phone is called Switch
- Google has 100 folks working on it
- Danger founder Andy Rubin is heading the team
- Google is using tech from two companies it bought: Skia and Reqwireless
- Google partnered with Samsung earlier this year, and it could be a distributor/handset maker
- Switch is a "BlackBerry-like, slick device" running Java on a C++ core with perhaps a Linux bootstrap
- Google will sell and market the phone online, relying on the carriers for their networks only. Simeonov calls this a "dumb pipe."
Herr Schmidt has said on several occasions that Google wants to work with carriers to sell data plans. And Schmidt has said the phones could eventually be free if the user accepts targeted advertising.
Below, a supposed image of the Google Phone, leaked to Gizmodo a few months ago.
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Comments (3)
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Posted by walter iwachiw | March 6, 2007 11:05 AM
I'm looking for people to impliment a voip/cellular solution in the NYCC transit MTA and Washington WMATA subway system.for summer 2007..contact iwachiw2002@yahoo.com
thanks all
Posted by walter iwachiw | March 6, 2007 11:06 AM
Wow! This is the first I've heard of a Google Phone. I wonder if Apple's first-to-market status will be a challenge for them though. But I hear that Google and Apple are partnering on many things in the future, so maybe they're letting bygones be bygones. But I look forward to this phone... I think the inevitable price war will be good for the consumer, and we'll be able to get some pretty nifty devices for a reasonable price.
Posted by Brian Laks | March 7, 2007 1:06 AM