Google Phone should start production by end of 2007 and hit global market by 2008. High Tech Computer, or HTC, will be manufacturing the handset.
The article isn't very long but it does state that Google will offer Gmail and Google Search on the handset. It will not feature GPS though, so the hopes of having a phone that can display an exact map is out of the question. It sounds as if this will first be a European launch with the prospect of Google partnering with Orange.
Original Google Phone posting:
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-03-13-n23.html
Wikipedia Entry for High Tech Computer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Tech_Computer
News source:
http://www.digitimes.com/telecom/a20070417PD213.html |
Is that the free mobile phone they were talking about? |
SearchEngineLand.com has a nice breakdown of all of the rumors and articles that have talked about a Google Phone.
http://searchengineland.com/070418-112346.php |
[Moved from "HTC to ship Google handsets by year-end" – Tony]
High Tech Computer (HTC) is now manufacturing Google handsets with shipments officially commencing at the end of 2007, according to handset component makers. The makers also said the shipment volume will reach as high as one million units.
Google handsets will hit the global market in 2008, noted the component makers.
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link: http://www.digitimes.com/telecom/a20070417PD213.html |
