This image leaked by Engadget possibly shows some rendition of the Google Phone
Venture capitalist Simeon Simeonov has made a post on his VC blog High Contrast that he claims to be an insider tip on the hotly anticipated, yet still speculative, Google Phone. According to Simeonov, Google has charged Andy Rubin with the task of creating the G-Phone.
Rubin, the founder of Sidekick maker Danger, arrived at Google when the search giant acquired Android, his wireless software startup. Under Rubin works a team of about 100 people reportedly slaving away on the device. Simeonov believes that Rubin is working directly on the OS of the device.
He goes on to cite Google’s acquisitions of Reqwireless and Skia as definite indications that it is working on creating its own handset. Reqwireless creates mobile applications and, before getting bought, Skia had developed a vector-based presentation engine capable of rendering “state-of-the-art” 2D graphics on mobile phones.
Semeonov sees these acquisitions as evidence of G-Phone rumblings at the Google lab. He also claims that, in contrast to the Google Orange HTC phone rumors, the new device is being developed in conjunction with Samsung (citing this press release) and the Switch codename is once again being bandied about.
The new device is said to be similar to a similar to a Blackberry in design. It will be coded on a C++ core with an OS bootstrap. Like the Sidekicks, Java will be optimized to run on the device. And it will include a multitude of services like G-Talk and such.
He does present a rather compelling case and truly seems to have considered many intricate details surrounding the G-Phone. So is it valid?
I’m going to go out on a generously solid limb here and agree with Mr. Simeonov. It’s not a stretch to believe that Google would indeed be working on such a device. Distributing content, like targeted ads, wirelessly would be a hell of a lot cheaper than than pushing it through pipes. Plus it’s hardly controversial these days to claim that wireless is the future.
The world is going untethered as quickly as technology permits. It should come as no surprise that the Internet’s largest and fastest growing company would be continuously looking for ways to proliferate.
The Real Google Phone [HighContrast]
If that does happen to be the real phone….
The huge screen will crack the second you sit down with it in your pocket. :o
Maybe I’m just very particular about my electronics but giant glossy touch-screens aren’t what I look for in a phone…
Why can’t it look like a normal phone with enhanced functionality? These things look like a PDA you need to keep in a special case to carry around safely…
So Google is taking on Apple?
No you idiot, Google is also trying to take a bite off the market, just like Apple.
As of now, Apple’s Mobile Phone Market Share: 0%!!!
It seems equally likely that these developers are working on phone applications to sync with already established google products, such as the Gmail application I downloaded to my nokia cell phone the other day.
i’m sure they would keep the color scheme to keep the device familiar to gmail/gtalkers.
YES. Thank you Google, you rock. I hope the google phone is as feature packed as the HTC Kaiser, as open to develop new software for as Linux, as simple to use as the iPhone, and as fast as google.
I would spend upwards of $1000 for such a device though I suspect google, in addition to the above four goals also will make the phone cheap and affordable for all.
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