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    LEAK: The Google Phone "Is a Certainty"

    The True Google Phone May Be Coming Soon

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    Image of OrbitalGun OrbitalGun
    12/01/09

    In reply to LEAK: The Google Phone "Is a Certainty"
    This would be perfect for me. I recently picked up an HTC Hero from Sprint, and the first thing I did was grab the Google Voice app and set it to replace all of the normal phone functions (voice, SMS, voicemail), so it's like my Sprint number doesn't even exist. I work in a solid steel building, and data signals from Sprint's network can barely penetrate. So it's great having my phone set up to use the building's wireless, letting me make calls from areas that are complete dead zones for everyone else.
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    Image of Yerzriknot Yerzriknot
    11/30/09

    In reply to LEAK: The Google Phone "Is a Certainty"
    Great, right when I was about to buy the Droid. Oh well I guess I can wait longer.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    11/30/09

    In reply to LEAK: The Google Phone "Is a Certainty"
    how many times must we hear "this ain't the droid you lookin' fo', sucka" before google just gives us what we want?
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    Image of Poop Cooper Poop Cooper
    11/30/09

    In reply to LEAK: The Google Phone "Is a Certainty"
    Any chance we'll see anything like this pop up in user stats anywhere first?
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    11/30/09

    In reply to LEAK: The Google Phone "Is a Certainty"
    Just so people don't say there are only complaints about Apple fanboyism, but isn't a post about a rumor saying it's "a certainty" kinda pointless?

    But oh well, let's see how this one plays out... I love Google, but there are tons of Google services that I chose the competition.
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    Image of BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2
    11/30/09

    In reply to LEAK: The Google Phone "Is a Certainty"
    If Google ACTUALLY designed every element of the phone in house - took 2-3 years of development including a beta phone, I would be interested. I just don't want them rolling out some gimmicky phone. I want transparent screens, keyboard, HD, 7.1 surround sound, FLASH, microphone, 12 MP camera, 200gb storage, iTunes ready, GPS enabled, camera flash, and a sweet Hello Kitty dongle to attach it to my brief case. Nothing less!
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/30/09

    In reply to LEAK: The Google Phone "Is a Certainty"
    Unless Google plans to remove the necessity of a carrier with a souped up Google Voice and "the real Android", honestly, I could hardly care.

    Especially given Andy Rubin's firm denial of such a phone. I'm not sure how I'd feel about finding out your "trusted source" is more trustworthy than a development head of an open source project.
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    Edited by OCEntertainment at 11/30/09 9:56 AM OCEntertainment was starred OCEntertainment was unstarred
    Image of Badongadoodle Badongadoodle
    11/30/09

    @OCEntertainment: whosays its a phone? That is a term used in the "reports". Might actually BE a robot.
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    11/30/09

    In reply to LEAK: The Google Phone "Is a Certainty"
    There was some speculation that the Google Phone was actually going to be a VOIP phone, not cellular. Any confirmation of that?
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    Image of Odin Odin
    11/30/09

    In reply to LEAK: The Google Phone "Is a Certainty"
    I remain sceptical.
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    Image of Badongadoodle Badongadoodle
    11/30/09

    @Odin: i remain a spectacle.
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    Image of Odin Odin
    11/30/09

    @Badongadoodle:
    I remain spectacular
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    Image of Hearthatvoiceagain Hearthatvoiceagain
    11/30/09

    @Odin: I simply remain.

    (when did you get the star by the way?, not seen it before)
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    Image of Odin Odin
    11/30/09

    @Hearthatvoiceagain:
    I've had it for a while now. I got it posting on Kotaku so it was before I started regularly commenting on Giz.
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    Image of aprather aprather
    11/30/09

    In reply to LEAK: The Google Phone "Is a Certainty"
    Bring on the competition. I can't wait to see what's next out there.

    I love my iphone, but am definitely open to anything bigger/better!
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    Image of daveNYC daveNYC
    11/18/09

    In reply to The True Google Phone May Be Coming Soon
    Yeah sure, and it'll come as a combo pack with the Apple tablet.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/18/09

    In reply to The True Google Phone May Be Coming Soon
    I'll see it when I believe it.
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    Image of cobaltage cobaltage
    11/18/09

    In reply to The True Google Phone May Be Coming Soon
    This rumor is hard to interpret because no one AFAIK has detailed Google's history of involvement in the design of past Android phones.
    - The G1 was the first smartphone to have a magnetometer, which was clearly included to work with Google Maps and Streetview. (The iPhone later received a magnetometer with the 3GS.) The G1 also had a somewhat distinctive shape, compared to every other HTC phone. Were these ideas the result of Google's participation?
    - The Samsung Droid was reportedly developed with the close cooperation of Google. But what does that mean? The Droid's car dock seems clearly included to show off Google Navigator. Was there more to Google's involvement in the Droid's design than that? (I'm surprised we've not received a better account of Google's close involvement in Droid's design.)
    - The MS Zune seems to be a similar case, but only to a limited extent. The original Zune was exactly the same as Toshiba's PMP. As we know, Gates saw this PMP at a trade show and expressed interest in it. But MS didn't actually design the 1st generation Zune at all, they just branded Toshiba's pre-existing design.

    I'm also skeptical about Google getting into the hardware business. My hypothesis is that if Google is going to "design its own phone," it will come in the form of particular hardware features that show off new services built into Android and based on Google's existing services, like the G1's magnetometer and the Droid's car dock. One idea would be a front facing camera for use in Google video chat. I can't come up with any other ideas off the top of my head.

    My real hope is that Google will design a slider keyboard that is superior to existing slider keyboards, since that's an area where improvement seems both possible and desirable. But I'm kind of skeptical, again, that Google would get into designing actual hardware elements of its own branded phone.
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    Image of TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.
    11/18/09

    In reply to The True Google Phone May Be Coming Soon
    Now if Samsung could just put out an Android version of the SCH W880 ([gizmodo.com]) I would buy it in an instant.
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    Image of Sir Gibler Sir Gibler
    11/18/09

    In reply to The True Google Phone May Be Coming Soon
    Well I read this as Google's making an Android phone through a mystery hardware manufacturer... What about the G1 and Droid, didn't Google guide the way for their birth?
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