According to the Wall Street Journal, Google will be announcing its phone plans on Monday, hopefully putting a stop to the endless rumors floating out there regarding the GPhone. The announcement is expected to reveal a series of alliances with multiple handset makers and cellphone operators that are open to the idea of pushing Google phone applications. WSJ notes that the timing of the announcement could always change, but at this point Monday is looking good. [WSJ]










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oh boy how high will that stock go.
I remember telling myself no way it would ever top $100 !
Please Gadget Gods let this be on Verizon!!!
I predict mass fapping comming on Monday morning.
@kibets: Oh yeah monday we'll see our stocks floating (up or down).
i've been predicting a 1999 style yahoo stock peak/crash for google but it just hasn't happened yet. i love google as much as the next guy but this is ridiculous. they are top 10 in terms of valuation with 99% of revenue from sales of ads.
i'm a huge wm fan (i know, not many of us) but i'd switch to a gphone if the hardware is right.
ug.. is it Monday yet?
google apps running on a phone ... eh.
if the google phone looks like the image up there. ill buy it and put as my ring tone the portal song
I want this stock so bad right now.
@stat321:
If you want it so bad then why don't you just buy it? If you're so sure it will go up then financing a purchase should be dead easy for you - you could even put it on your credit card if you're so sure it will go up. Interest rates should be meaningless for you.
Gives you something to look forward to, doesn't it?
I hope it has a half way decent OS on it, rumors are that it's linux. The iPhone is too closed, symbian is alright but there's hardly any 3g/qwerty phones avail for it and ms is a turd.
So which mobile search engine will it use?
So, if this happens, does that mean we all get to laugh at Valleywag and show them our middle fingers for their "Confirmed! There is no Googlephone" article?
@MrMaestr0: I guess we will have to wait until Monday and we might find out.
I might lose sleep over this one.
I read somewhere that it is going to be with t-mobile, at least I hope so. but there some minimum specs i need from them (google, manufacturers and service providers).
from google side:
1)gmail access, of course.
2) maps, calendar and documents.
3) new web browser. I dont mind if they use some linux variation for OS, but needs to be a really good browser, because with the possible lack of zoom capability.
4) some kind of social networking tool based on account and proximity to other users. the device needs wifi, witch take me to the next point.
from hardware point of view:
a) WI FI not only edge. this is not optional.
b) full screen phone. doesnt matter how tall and wide the phone is, needs to be full screen, otherwise will not be able to compete with the iphone.
c)needs to have some kind of playback capability, by wifi to your g-music folder or mp3.
d) camera will be optional in my case, i rather have memory for documents and music than pics. but for many people is a must.
from the cell company.
- the OPTION of a data plan or wifi.
- the option of wifi calls if is tmobile with their lame wifi service
- insurance available for it
- locked and trackable.
- no more than 500 friggin bucks for it.
all this by monday mid day or I will forget about the whole gphone thing and and in Christmas get an unlocked iphone from the hands of a teenager that now want the new 16gb iphone. there, i finally said it.
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