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Saturday, March 17, 2007
The Google phone is already a non-rumor
Google exec confirms phone in the labs shuts down the rumor mill quicker than I had expected.
Quote: 'Google's mobile skunkworks were designed to make their way into developing countries'
That actually sounds smart. As I mentioned in the previous note, information access is more heralded in Asia than in Europe and USA, and the sheer volume of potential users is also much greater there.
It doesn't say whether this phone (or phones) will be fully optimized for Google's services, but what else could it be? I don't think Google would just release a "me too" phone. Rather I expect something like the Helio concept (phone with strong information services bundle) yet with an alphanumeric keypad of some sort.
Quote: 'Google's mobile skunkworks were designed to make their way into developing countries'
That actually sounds smart. As I mentioned in the previous note, information access is more heralded in Asia than in Europe and USA, and the sheer volume of potential users is also much greater there.
It doesn't say whether this phone (or phones) will be fully optimized for Google's services, but what else could it be? I don't think Google would just release a "me too" phone. Rather I expect something like the Helio concept (phone with strong information services bundle) yet with an alphanumeric keypad of some sort.
