the googlephone...here we go

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the googlephone...here we go

« on: November 05, 2007, 05:07:31 PM »

check this out, things are going to start happening!

http://www.openhandsetalliance.com
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« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2007, 07:22:58 PM »

And from the BBC:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7078921.stm

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Google has unveiled software it hopes will power a variety of future mobile phones and boost the web on the move.
The software could lead to cheaper phones as it is designed to speed up the process of making mobile services.

The firm is working with four mobile manufacturers - Samsung, HTC, Motorola and LG - but a Google branded phone was not announced.


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« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2007, 09:53:46 AM »

Very true about an actual phone but its just a matter of time....see http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gphone/googles-dream-phone-is-the-real-gphone-318946.php


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« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2007, 11:50:36 AM »

Fun, isn't it? Nokia's (Symbian) lead in handset sales worldwide is big, so it will be interesting to see if Samsung, Motorola and HTC will use the Google OS to catch up. Motorola in particular has been struggling so badly recently, they need to do something.

Whatever is going to happen to Windows Mobile, now that HTC is openly supporting a different OS? They were the main driver of WM into people's pockets for the last few years. Quite apart from the obvious thing that Google will be aiming at a desktop OS soon too, Microsoft must be getting a bit worried.

Good analysis (as usual) here. And Android, the open development platform for the Google mobile OS, looks good already! Quite unlike that farcical iPhone developers offering.

Update: A lightly more skeptical comment at MobHappy. Another good point that I'm always pondering: Why is Google's stuff considered 'open'? It's free, but that doesn't make it open.

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« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2007, 06:37:31 PM »

Whilst it is exciting to see the google developments (both mobile and desktop) - I dont think we can count MS out quite yet!
WM 6 is perhaps the best OS MS have produced and in terms of a teaching and learning tool - a handheld device equipped with WM is a powerful asset to any student, especially given the prominance of MS Windows and Office in Schools / Colleges / Universities - the transition between desktop and mobile is almost seemless providing efficient transition between devices and tools.

Having said that - as we become more and more web based - will we really need GUI based OS's and tools, or will we see web based services linked to platforms and portfolios become anything like the norm?


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« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2007, 03:50:25 PM »

what handsets support this new os - does anyone know?


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« Reply #6 on: December 06, 2007, 06:45:14 PM »

Quote from: Oliver Dalton on December 06, 2007, 03:50:25 PM

what handsets support this new os - does anyone know?

Oh, none yet. We're talking about the launch of an 'alliance' here, it'll be a long time before any real devices hit the market. Q3 next year at the earliest, to be exact. ;-)

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