I have heard T-Mobile and HTC are in the game as well from a friend in Taiwan who works with HTC. Sprint was not mentioned however if the rumor that T-Mobile is looking at Sprint for next year than it makes sense. This would really make an impact world wide for the group.

Enough!

I finally understand how all the non-fanboys felt, re: iPhone. This Gphone crap is killing me. Let's not have a "what did we get wrong?" round-up if nothing is announced, m'kay?

Google will announce something today, but until then we have another nugget about the Google Phone, this time from USA Today.

i hope it doesnt have a Laggy UI as many of the iPhone wannabes on the market now...

I have my doubts. It's a big jump for google to go from web apps to fully fledged developer friendly OS. Only a few companies have excelled in this space: Microsoft, Symbian and Palm. They've a lot of catching up to do. Unless they've hired well and extremely lucky, i suspect the initial release will be a bit of a let down.

@spinner: I was just coming in to say the same thing. This is turning into iPhone Coverage 2.0.

when is this "announcement" supposed to happen again? I am curious to see what comes out of this. But i was a little annoyed at the ridiculously ongoing iPhone coverage. straight and to the point is what we need with this.
BTW I am voting for THE GIZ for the weblog thingy!

@spinner: Perspective is a funny thing.

I really want the "Google" phone to be a true revolutionary product...I would love to see Google squash Apple so the iPhone gets forgotten ..but sadly it seems Google is going after the windows mobile market instead and I seriously doubt that this phone will be anything to get excited about. Jeez I was really hoping for a device that would make me want to own it.....this phone will be as big a disapointment as Dean Kamen's revolutionary Segway

I think it would be in the google "take over the world" mindset to not release a single phone.. but to make software available that could be used on every phone...

..perhaps even the iPhone

Also, while the Linux-based OS is nothing new, the tip that it'll be overlaid with Java is.

er... aren't most (all?) the web-based Google applications all AJAX-ilicious?

what do you think the "J" in AJAX stands for?

to all the whiners about iPhone/gPhone coverage: Is there something more interesting in the Tech world at this very moment (like in the last 3 minutes) that wouldn't allow for said coverage? If you don't like it, just skip the entry. No one's putting a gun to your head and telling you to read the whole damn blog.

@x23:

While you may think it stands for Java, it actually stands for Javascript. Java!=Javscript

@phi: Tell that to this guy standing here with a gun to my head.

It turns out that Giz can actually make money by hiring thugs to enforce readership. Apparently the thugs cost less than what they take in from advertisement revenue...

Note to the editors: He apparently really likes the entries that include bimbos in skimpy outfits "promoting" new gadgets. Please post more of these. He doesn't seem quite as menacing when he sees those...

Seriously, if you're not interested, then just skip the article & stfu. Just like I do whenever I see the word "steampunk" in an article. It's not that hard. Trust me.

@x23: Actually the "J" in AJAX is for JavaScript, not Java.

My theory:
Google will announce a SOAP/XML standard for push and possibly for phone to phone communication, with API. The standard Google mobile OS interface will be a kind of XML push/pull dashboard that updates widgets and wakes applications. Applications could be Java or browser based. Browser based applications will eventually have Google Gears support, as soon as it is implemented for mobile browsers.

If I wanted to create an application that provided real-time updates to stock prices via push, it would not be easy or even necessarily possible on Windows Mobile or Blackberry. And certainly not on the iPhone. The Google platform would make push and network communication simple and allow such an application to be browser based, Java, or a native application.

There will be a bunch of other services with APIs, such as GPS location retrieval, Google Checkout payments, VoIP, GrandCentral Communications calling, general telephone functions, etc. But I think a push/pull system for easy push and communication would enable a plethora of enterprise applications and allow for better direct phone to phone communication - a much richer alternative to SMS that also saves battery life as compared to applications that do not support push. And it would make application development a snap.

@afajem: chyeah. doesn't javascript require java to function? ... looks it up... well i'll be. nevermind then.

"The naming has caused confusion, giving the impression that the language is a spinoff of Java"

indeed.