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Is the HTC Omni the Google Android ‘Dream’ Phone?

The possible gPhone prototype we pointed out yesterday named the “Dream” might just be this HTC Omni communicator. The first reason is that HTC’s actually seen and commented on the internal Google prototype, even going so far as to consider developing a real version of the reference design. Unwired View matches up the description of…

Why Verizon and AT&T Didn’t Join the Open Handset Alliance (Yet)

Following the Open Handset Alliance getting official, we noted the conspicuous absence of the US’s two biggest wireless carriers, and dissected some of the reasons T-Mobile and Sprint were onboard but they weren’t. According to the WSJ, Verizon’s still mulling joining up, while AT&T “in part because it exclusively carries the iPhone in the U.S.,…

Analysis: Google’s Android Phone and the Four Carriers

Click to viewThe opening volley of official announcements from Google and the Open Handset Alliance bring good news for people sick of the carrier choke hold. Of course, it’s easy to spot who gets an Android device first: T-Mobile and Sprint. And it’s easy to understand why underdogs like them would be the first two…

First Details of the gPhone Prototype

Click to viewAlthough Google’s Open Handset Platform may be their “gPhone” for now, they’re not denying that they’re currently working on an actual Google Phone, something that they’d take a more hands-on approach on for both hardware and software. An internal design, code-named “Dream,” could be this phone. https://gizmodo.com/gphone-is-official-a-software-platform-for-cellphones-318862 The Dream looks like the iPhone,…

Live: Google’s gPhone Open Handset Alliance Conference Call

9:52: Call done. Archive below. 9:50: USA Today asks about gPhone name again. Coming? Another way to think about the gPhone, says Andy, is that there will be thousands of Google phones, some you like, some you don’t. 9:46: NYTimes asks what kinds of agreements will be in place between carriers and Google on ads,…

Google Uses Adorable Children to Push Android and OHA

Google is going after our hearts as well as our minds with their Android interface and Open Handset Alliance. Just take a look at this adorable video they just released, featuring kids talking about what they want in a cellphone. I actually agree with a lot of it; I’d love my phone to make me…

Everything We Know About the gPhone, Android, and Open Handset Alliance

Click to viewThe details on Google’s gPhone Open Handset Alliance are coming to light. Here’s what we know: •They’re hoping to make a better phone, ultimately. (And sell a ton of ads and services, of course, along the way.) •Android, an open system for handset dev, is the first joint project and core product of…

Google’s Android Team Introduces the gPhone

Here’s an official video from the Google camp featuring the Android team opining about the whole “gPhone” idea, the Open Handset Alliance, and what they hope to accomplish by taking cell phones into the open source world. It’s a good intro to what the whole thing is about, and as a bonus it has shots…

GPhone is Official – A Software Platform For Cellphones

Click to viewThe Google Phone has been announced, and instead of a phone that’s manufactured by just one company, it’s an open software platform that’s going to be loaded on phones made by HTC, LG, Motorola and Samsung. Those phones are going to be available in the US on Sprint and T-Mobile by the second…

USA Today’s Eleventh Hour Google Phone Facts/Speculation/Hype

USA Today mostly rehashes what we’ve heard about Google’s plans, but they add a few unique contributions to the growing rumor pile. First, they peg Google’s partners as “includ[ing] Sprint, Motorola, Samsung and Japanese wireless giant NTT DoCoMo”—WSJ is betting Sprint, T-Mobile, and HTC, with Samsung and other hardware companies as possibilities. (Reuters also says…

The WSJ Ponders How Google Will Change Phones (Verdict: Feature Explosion)

The Wall Street Journal tweaks the hype for Google’s supposedly hours-away mobile announcement with a boilerplate of speculation about how Google’s open platform will bust open the wireless industry by igniting “a race among Silicon Valley developers, long shut out of the wireless industry, to come up with new applications for cellphones,” like HDTV, multiplayer…

Andy Rubin Knows What the Google Phone Really is

An excellent article in the New York Times looks at Andy Rubin, Google’s director of mobile platforms, and tries to uncover what the gPhone really shall become in the ever evolving mobile market. The NYT is confident referring to the gPhone as a “software” package, rumors of which we have heard countless times. According to…

gPhone OS Codenamed Android, Is Full OS With SDK?

CNet is reporting that as part of Monday’s big press conference, Google will unveil their iPhone killer gPhone OS, tentatively codenamed Android. Sources are calling the OS a “a complete mobile-phone software stack” that will be followed shortly after by a SDK (Translation: this isn’t just an ad system and will have more than a…

WSJ: Google To Announce GPhone Plans on Monday…Finally

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…

No Google, Verizon GPhone Deal Imminent Says Infoweek Source

According to an Infoweek source, a Google / Verizon deal is not currently in the cards and Verizon is “unlikely to be the first operator to sign on with Google.” This contradicts recent rumors that a Sprint / Verizon deal could come in the next few weeks. Don’t you get the feeling that no one…

Gphone Hype Drives Google Stock to Over $700, Makes It Fifth Most Valuable Company in US

Whatever Google might announce in two weeks, they’re certainly reaping the benefits already: Hype over their mobile plans has shoved their stock price to over $700 a share, an eightfold increase since its IPO three years ago. The $20 its stock has shot up in the last couple of days has pushed its market value…

First Google gPhone Photos Probably Fake, Definitely Beat With Ugly Stick

It was only a matter of time before pictures of the Google Phone hit the pipes. Maybe they’re real. Or maybe the third tier Chinese company e28 is riding the buzz with some irresistible blog bait leaks. Either way, if this is what hardware running Google’s secret OS sauce looks like, it’s probably doomed. Update:…

Google Phone Possibly Heading to Sprint, Verizon – Announcement Within Two Weeks?

Along with Verizon, Google seems to be talking with Sprint Nextel about plans to debut the Google Phone or Google Phone Operating System (GPOS—we coined that just now) on their respective services. Like Apple, in order for Google to get their OS in front of customers, it needs to find a carrier to cooperate with…

Rumored Google and Verizon Talks Keeps Nerds Thinking About the GPhone

According to Reuters, Google is in talks with Verizon about bringing some of its applications to the carrier’s mobile phones. What they are talking about exactly isn’t clear, but one source noted that the talks have been “useful” and they “could result in a deal.” [Reuters]

The Wall Street Journal says to expect a Google Phone announcement in two weeks. [wsj]