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NEWS: Google pushes into mobile phones
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| John Navas 2007-11-05, 3:33 pm |
| <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7078921.stm>
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.
The first phones using the so-called Google "software stack" will be
available in the second half of 2008.
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Google has formed the Open Handset Alliance, made up of 34 companies,
including chip manufacturers and handset makers.
The move will be seen as a major competitor to Microsoft, Research in
Motion, Palm and Symbian, who make the leading software systems for
mobiles.
Google's Android software will be provided to handset makers free of
charge and could lead to a price war for operating system licenses
and potentially cheaper handsets.
In the United States mobile networks such as Sprint Nextel and
T-Mobile will carry the Google-powered phones.
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"This is a shot that is going to be heard around the world, but it's
just the first shot in what is going to be a very protracted battle
in the next frontier of the mobile web," said analyst Michael
Gartenberg, at Jupiter Research.
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Adam Leach, principal analyst with Ovum, said: "It's an important
announcement. That number of companies already committing to the
service is very impressive."
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| Mark Thompson 2007-11-05, 3:33 pm |
| John Navas < spamfilter1@navasgro
up.com> wrote:
so guess this ends the story on Google ever coming out with a Phone.
I'm kinda sad, thought Google could pull it off, but it will remain a
nobody if the only contribution they can make is software. Nobody will
buy it that way.
Google serious screwed up, expect a big drop in the stock price on this
news.
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| John Navas 2007-11-05, 10:33 pm |
| On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:09:46 -0700, Mark Thompson <markt@earthlink.net>
wrote in <markt-B48EDB.13094605112007@mpls-nnrp-03.inet.qwest.net>:
>John Navas < spamfilter1@navasgro
up.com> wrote:
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>so guess this ends the story on Google ever coming out with a Phone.
Not so. Take the time to actually read the story. ;)
>I'm kinda sad, thought Google could pull it off, but it will remain a
>nobody if the only contribution they can make is software. Nobody will
>buy it that way.
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>Google serious screwed up, expect a big drop in the stock price on this
>news.
That's a joke, right? LOL
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| Larry 2007-11-05, 10:33 pm |
| Mark Thompson <markt@earthlink.net> wrote in news:markt-
B48EDB.13094605112007@mpls-nnrp-03.inet.qwest.net:
> Google serious screwed up, expect a big drop in the stock price
on this
> news.
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http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=GOOG&t=5y
Closed up 14.40 (2.02%) on the news at $725.65.
Notice how the chart makes a really steep climb near the end in
the panic selling on this news.....er, ah....since about
September as it shot up $200/share on buyer panic selling in
anticipation of this news.
Larry
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Sure wish I'd bought some shares when it was $120....nuts!
Today was a down day on Wall Street, but panic selling boosted
Google over 2%, anyways.
Bullshit.....pure Bullshit.
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| tmoran@acm.org 2007-11-06, 4:33 am |
| >>Google serious screwed up, expect a big drop in the stock price on this
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>That's a joke, right? LOL
OTOH you look at their miserable support for Google Earth and you wonder
if all the Google geniuses, aren't.
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