gPhone is not a Phone
Speculations about Google's gPhone can roughly be divided between those that say that gPhone will be a device like Apple's successful iPhone, and those that say it will be just a operating software for mobile devices.
A few weeks ago, Taiwan's Digitimes said that Google "will definitely launch its own branded handset."
The International Herald Tribune, according to Slashdot's "Google Hopes to Disaggregate Carriers with gPhone" however said that gPhone will be like Microsoft Windows Mobile operating system for mobile devices. gPhone will be free, and it will help Google distribute its services like advertising to phones.
It is expected to be launched later this year.
Meanwhile, Microsoft's Bill Gates doubts that Google could become a successful competitor in the smartphone software market, where Microsoft has about 10 percent market share.
Earlier: Bill Gates dismisses Google phone
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for a very complete discussion (5 pages) of the speculations on Google phone, visit http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/google-phone.htm
For the latest on Google phone aka Android, see the Slashdot discussion: http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/06/0223211
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