More Details Emerge on the Mythical Google Phone

[Jerry Raia]

http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/more-details-emerge-on-the-mythical-google-phone/

"Now that the iPhone has moved from rumor limbo into the land of the living (at least we think so -- how many people have actually touched one?), we obviously need another mythical mobile to drool over and speculate about -- and the natural candidate is, of course, the so-called Google phone. While the big G has been making inroads on your handset with mobile versions of its search, email, and mapping software for some time, there has been growing speculation that the company is working on its own hardware -- speculation that only intensified when we published that pic of a supposed Google / Samsung collaboration called the Switch..."



I hope Google does make this phone, I really do. I haven't had anything to bash since the MPx220 and this would go beyond my wildest dreams. Beta jokes aside, I say we begin a petition to encourage Google to make this turkey. The resulting comedy would be well worth it. Maybe we could take up a collection? :roll:

[Jerry Raia]

http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/06/more-details-emerge-on-the-mythical-google-phone/

"Now that the iPhone has moved from rumor limbo into the land of the living (at least we think so -- how many people have actually touched one?), we obviously need another mythical mobile to drool over and speculate about -- and the natural candidate is, of course, the so-called Google phone. While the big G has been making inroads on your handset with mobile versions of its search, email, and mapping software for some time, there has been growing speculation that the company is working on its own hardware -- speculation that only intensified when we published that pic of a supposed Google / Samsung collaboration called the Switch..."



I hope Google does make this phone, I really do. I haven't had anything to bash since the MPx220 and this would go beyond my wildest dreams. Beta jokes aside, I say we begin a petition to encourage Google to make this turkey. The resulting comedy would be well worth it. Maybe we could take up a collection? :roll:

[ctmagnus]

But wouldn't it be awesome to have a device that's, like, 95% screen? Not so much as a phone, but as a tablet?

[Jerry Raia]

Not if it's running some goofy Google hybrid operating system! :lol:

[ctmagnus]

That aside, wouldn't it?

[Jerry Raia]

OK Maybe...

[Rocco Augusto]

Originally Posted by ctmagnus

But wouldn't it be awesome to have a device that's, like, 95% screen? Not so much as a phone, but as a tablet?

as long as i didnt have to touch/smudge/muck-up the screen, I would be all over it!

[Mike Temporale]

i don't know. A gPhone? :roll:

[SteveHoward999]

Originally Posted by Mike Temporale

i don't know. A gPhone? :roll:

If it has Wi-Fi, would we spend our days looking for gSpots?

:twisted:

[Pony99CA]

Originally Posted by SteveHoward999

If it has Wi-Fi, would we spend our days looking for gSpots?

You mean we don't already? :lol:

Steve

[Pony99CA]

Originally Posted by Jerry Raia

I hope Google does make this phone, I really do. I haven't had anything to bash since the MPx220 and this would go beyond my wildest dreams. Beta jokes aside, I say we begin a petition to encourage Google to make this turkey. The resulting comedy would be well worth it. Maybe we could take up a collection? :roll:

What kind of "critique" is that? You gave absolutely no reasons why you think this will be a turkey (although in a forum post later, you say Google producing their own OS would be one reason).

Samsung licenses pretty much every mobile OS and has made some decent phones. I don't know how much Linux experience they have, but I suspect they'd probably take a standard mobile Linux implementation and put some Google UI shell on top at worst.

But let's at least give reasons why we're bashing something (especially when so little is known about it). Or did I miss a previous story where those reasons were listed?

Steve