John Paczkowski

Recent Posts by John Paczkowski

We Believe in One Godphone, the Handset Almighty …

godphone.jpgIn case you hadn’t already heard, Google is developing a mobile phone. And, in case you hadn’t already heard, that phone will feature a suite of Google applications–its search engine, email and a slick new mobile Web browser–running on a Google operating system and perhaps even a brand new 700 MHz Ma Google wireless network. And, in case you hadn’t already heard, the phone will allow Google to do to the fast-growing market for ads on cellphones what it did to the market for ads on the Web. And because of that, Google may offer its phone to the public for free–in case you hadn’t already heard.

Assuming the company ever gets the device to market. Because, in case you hadn’t already heard, Google reportedly hasn’t yet decided on the phone’s specifications, operating system or manufacturer.


Latest Video

View all videos »

Search »

Moore’s Law means that more and more things can be done practically for free, if only it weren’t for those people who want to be paid. People are the flies in Moore’s Law’s ointment. When machines get incredibly cheap to run, people seem correspondingly expensive.

— From Jaron Lanier’s new book, “Who Owns the Future?” excerpted on Wired.com