More Disruptive Tech: Enter the gPhone
November 4th, 2007 by Kyle OutlawThe WallStreet Journal reports that Google is set to announce its wireless strategy within the next two weeks. There have been plenty of rumors over the last several months, but in a nutshell it sounds like Google has developed its own mobile operating system, intended to run on several different devices with familiar applications such as Maps, YouTube, and Docs.
According to the article the platform will be open source down to the level of the operating system in an apparent effort to kickstart mass innovation by third-party developers. Developers will have access to native phone applications such as GPS and contact lists. How this all goes down with the carriers will be interesting to watch.
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4 Responses to “More Disruptive Tech: Enter the gPhone”
I think they will announce this tomorrow. Monday November 5′th, they are poised to do something in the cell arena.
There is a really good article about the gPhone in relationship to Verizon Wireless if you’re interested in reading it:
http://www.verizonvoyager.org/news/will-verizon-wireless-tout-google-phone-software
Interesting follow up article in the NY Times Business section today about the gPhone and Andy Rubin, Google’s Director of Mobile Platform (and one of the founders of Danger Inc.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/technology/04google.html?ex=1351828800&en=f05a55321435d1e9&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Google on Monday confirmed its long-awaited foray into the mobile phone business by announcing the Open Handset Alliance, a team of thirty three other leading technology and wireless companies who have agreed to share in Google’s development of Android, a new open software platform aimed at bettering the user experience on today’s mobile devices…