Comments on: Google Phone “Is A Certainty”

By: lina bryse

lina bryse — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:32:42 +0000

The tweet that feed us all. I must say this is one of the ‘good’ news we will be receiving after new year. But what irritates most of the users
is the prediction that the goog phone will be powered by AT&T? geez.. now that’s a ‘ZOMG’ situation… but why?
Detailed preview of google phone: http://bit.ly/google-phone-on-january-predictions

By: ari-free

ari-free — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:14:45 +0000

nikolai:
http://www.catholicleader.com.au/news.php/schools-news/girls-put-minds-to-a-google-idea_53868

By: ari-free

ari-free — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:10:49 +0000

gelato sounds like gelatin. The image of really nasty retro jello recipes comes to mind.
http://www.rvtrekker.com/jellorecipes/cornedbeef.htm

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:27:52 +0000

I’m with JayMonster. I can’t see Google putting themselves in competition with their very customers in this market, the cell carriers. They do that, and look for the android market to dry up as the now competing carriers shut off the tap.

By: mobilemadness

mobilemadness — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:05:20 +0000

GGG! Good-played Game Google !

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:52:37 +0000

And why wouldn’t couldn’t any current generation smartphone work with this hypothetical plan of VOIP only on the phone?

By: JayMonster

JayMonster — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:24:49 +0000

Despite all the chatter to the contrary, I still think this is off base and a non-starter. Sure, there may be a new prototype phone that may be floating around Google. I am sure there were a number of Droid prototypes that bounced around at one point as they worked with Motorola to get the Droid out to market.

The basic idea of GoogleVoice running over data is interesting… and an idea that would dovetail well with LTE much better than it would over current 3G services or even WiMax.

By: Nikolai

Nikolai — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:17:54 +0000

There was in interesting news item here about a week and a half ago. Apparently there is [an all girls] Brisbane (Australia) school that is doing some testing for Google – they are saying it is the Google Phone. It’s being run as an extra curricular activity overseen by a University of Queensland researcher and has seen all participating students given a “Google phone” that they can put their own sim in and use outside of school.

As part of the program they are also being taught to write apps for android aswell, apparently non-programmers can come up with ideas/apps that we can’t :)

It wouldn’t suprise me if the phone they are using is being UI tested for Google in advance of a product release sometime next year.

Also interesting was that one of the school teachers involved was talking about them adding some “mobile phone application development” to the school curriculum.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:56:07 +0000

Although I think the Google phone will be available without a plan, I imagine it will also have the ability to have a plan. Perhaps Wifi and mobile data will be available enough in some areas, but I still like separating my phone from my data.. at least for now.

By: onlyever

onlyever — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:47:52 +0000

And Google has been sticking to well-known but still offbeat names for its Android versions, so i’m guessing simething recognizable but still cool-sounding, gelato. Of course, i don’t really have a favorite…

By: onlyever

onlyever — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:45:55 +0000

I went to Google and searched “desserts that start with…” and the letters are e,s,m,a,g. But when I put a “g” after that, the search suggestion goes away. Fishy? The first result being Yahoo!Answers makes it even moreso. ;)

By: Sprinter

Sprinter — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:14:00 +0000

POTS owners won’t be able to do anything about it either because they would have to block all VOIP services or risk interaction from the FCC. But come to think about the FCC would intervene if they tried to block all VOIP services as well. So really there is nothing anyone can do about it as long as Google finds a way to get wireless data service to the device. And count me in if they manage to pull it off.

By: Freddy

Freddy — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:23:47 +0000

Gelato is most likely gonna be the name. Google tries to make the dessert sound desirable, not gingerbread, thats just nasty. gelato is a delicious dessert. :)

By: mikeeeee

mikeeeee — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:11:51 +0000

better have some form of wifi calling baked in or else they missed the boat again.

By: Justin2

Justin2 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:06:48 +0000

@Vladimir Kelman: VOIP only stands for Voice Over Internet Protocol. Vonage is a VOIP, as is the new AT&T phone service, as is Verison FIOS (the only difference is the medium i.e. Fiber Optic, or copper). So if Google runs the service through their own servers, and they buy up the white space as some people have said, or they rent cell towers, then they could offer it for free, and you could still call land lines. The only block would be if the POTS line (literally stands for Plain Old Telephone Service) like AT&T and… I don’t really know of anyone else anymore… Anywho, if the POTS owners decide they don’t want to upgrade or allow IP data packets to change over to their Phone lines. VOIP can contact Land, Cell, or other VOIP is my main point. And VOIP is the phone styling of the future.