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  • August 2008

    • Google's Smartphone Slated for This Fall

      New York Times  |  Aug 15, 08 11:05 AM CDT

      Google's Smartphone Slated for This Fall

      (Newser) - Google’s long-rumored Android-powered smartphone could have customers surfing the Web and chatting by as early as October, the New York Times reports. The gadget, the product of a partnership between T-Mobile and HTC, is expected to challenge Apple’s iPhone and other smartphones that offer PC-like functions as well as voice service. More »

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      Google  • iPhone  • smartphones  • T-Mobile  • Google phone  • Eric Schmidt  • Google Android  • Google Apps

  • June 2008

    • Google Phones Running Behind Schedule

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 23, 08 11:15 AM CDT

      Google Phones Running Behind Schedule

      (Newser) - It turns out revolutionizing the mobile-phone industry isn’t as easy as Google thought it would be. The first phones to bear the search giant’s much-anticipated Android platform won’t ship until the fourth quarter, the Wall Street Journal reports, because carriers are having trouble customizing the software. Many despair of having Android offerings at all in 2008. More »

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      Google  • Sprint Nextel  • T-Mobile  • Google phone  • Google Android  • mobile platforms

  • February 2008

    • Google Phone Rumors Swirl

      Reuters  |  Feb 8, 08 10:34 AM CST

      Google Phone Rumors Swirl

      (Newser) - The public will finally get to see Google’s Android cellphone platform in action at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week, a source told Reuters. British chip maker ARM will show the prototype, the source said, though ARM and Google declined comment. The first phones and services based on Android are due on the market in the second half of 2008. More »

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      Google  • cell phone industry  • Google phone  • Android  • ARM chip  • Mobile World Congress

  • December 2007

    • Android Bugs Developers

      Wall Street Journal  |  Dec 19, 07 12:28 PM CST

      Android Bugs Developers

      (Newser) - Google may have millions of answers, but software developers say the company’s ballyhooed mobile phone software, Android, misses the mark. “It’s clearly not ready for primetime,” says one Seattle-based designer who’s struggled for weeks with bugs and poor documentation, reports the Wall Street Journal . He’s not alone, as a slew of designers say coding errors plague the software kit. More »

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      Google  • cell phones  • wireless service  • Google phone  • Google Android  • mobile platforms  • phone software

  • November 2007

    • Google's Grand Plan for National Cell Phone Network

      Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 16, 07 5:50 AM CST

      Google's Grand Plan for National Cell Phone Network

      (Newser) - Internet giant Google wants to reshape the wireless world, and its plans reach far beyond the cell phone software the company introduced last week. At a Federal Communications Commission auction in January, the company may make a $4.6 billion solo bid to buy airwaves to run its own national mobile phone and internet wireless network, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      Google  • cell phones  • FCC  • wireless  • Google phone

    • Google Throws Smartphone Hat Into Ring

      New York Times  |  Nov 5, 07 1:05 PM CST

      Google Throws Smartphone Hat Into Ring

      (Newser) - Google dove headfirst into the world of wireless phones today, premiering a long-awaited Internet software rival for Apple and Microsoft—and revealing that the so-called Android would be free and open source. In announcing a broad alliance of mobile phone operators and chip makers, the young company showed the inroads it’s already made in the industry, the Times reports. Google’s profits will come from targeted advertising. More »

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      Internet  • Google  • cell phones  • Internet advertising  • Google phone  • Android

    • Robot-Man Behind Google Phone

      New York Times  |  Nov 4, 07 11:33 AM CST

      Robot-Man Behind Google Phone

      (Newser) - The man behind the Google Phone is gadget guru Andy Rubin, a robotics fanatic whose love of cutting-edge toys puts him at odds with the Google anti-conspicuous-consumption ethos. A Times profile finds Rubin at home in a palace of technology, with a retinal scanner at the door and a robotic arm that rings the doorbell. Ironically, Google itself isn't making any such hardware for phones, just software other companies will use. More »

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      Google  • iPhone  • gadget  • smartphones  • Google phone

    • Google to Unveil Open-Source Phone Software

      CNET  |  Nov 3, 07 1:05 PM CDT

      Google to Unveil Open-Source Phone Software

      (Newser) - Google is set to unveil Android, a mobile phone software platform based on open-source technology which could be a bellwether for an industry sea change, news.com reports. A press conference next week is expected to unveil the platform and give specifics on its collaborators, dubbed the "Open Handset Alliance." Surprisingly, it may include most of the major cellphone tech firms. More »

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      Google  • cell phones  • Verizon  • Sprint  • open source  • Google phone  • Linux

  • October 2007
  • September 2007

    • Google Phone: Fact or Fiction?

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 4, 07 5:36 PM CDT

      Google Phone: Fact or Fiction?

      (Newser) - The blogosphere is rife with rumors of a possible Google phone, even though the tech behemoth won't confirm the gossip—but it has been investing heavily in the mobile search market. The buzz: The so-called GPhone would offer mobile phone service free, as long as customers can stomach the advertising, the LA Times reports. More »

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      Google  • cell phones  • iPhone  • online advertising  • Google phone

  • August 2007

    • Get Ready for the Googlephone

      Independent (UK)  |  Aug 3, 07 3:17 AM CDT

      Get Ready for the Googlephone

      (Newser) - Google is spending hundreds of millions of dollars secretly developing a cell phone which offers Google search technology and other services, reports the London Independent. Prototype phones have been shown to several wireless carriers. The company is poised to bid on wireless spectrum licenses in the upcoming federal auction, which could be used to  become a mobile phone operator. More »

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      Google  • cell phones  • wireless  • communication  • Google phone  • radio spectrum  • mobile  • Vodaphone

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