9 posts and columns on Google Phone

Apple Escalates Android Attack, Fires at Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus

in Mobile on January 20 at 11:05 am PT

Apple steps up its legal campaign against Samsung, targeting its latest “pure Google” phone.
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Who Better Than Dell to Ruin Our Customer Satisfaction Rating?

in News on January 30, 2008 at 2:28 pm PT

Google and Dell are collaborating on an Android-based cellphone? Really? Seems unlikely. Certainly, Google has said repeatedly that Android is intended not as a platform for building one Google-branded Gphone, but an entire ecosystem of them.

Report: Google May or May Not Reveal Phone Project Monday!

in News on November 2, 2007 at 12:21 am PT

In August 2005 Google acquired a two-year-old start-up called Android. Founded by Andy Rubin, the guy behind mobile-device maker Danger, Android was rumored to have been developing a mobile-phone operating system. Google never said much about the acquisition or its plans for Rubin, but he’s been on the company’s payroll ever since, presumably holed up [...]

Lunch on Verizon?

in News on October 31, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

After months of sparring over the terms of the 700 MHz broadband spectrum auction, Google and Verizon are becoming fast frenemies (or is it enemiends?). The two companies are reportedly in talks to bring Google-powered phones to Verizon’s network. Said a source close to the companies, “There are good useful talks going on and they [...]

The Mobile Apps Are Great, but the 'I'm Feeling Lucky' Dial Function Really Makes It

in News on October 30, 2007 at 6:00 am PT

In a press conference following Google Analyst Day, company Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt and co-founder Sergey Brin confirmed Google’s plans to bid in the FCC’s upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction, but declined to discuss the mobile-phone strategy that might make use of it–apparently leaving that task to The Wall Street Journal. According to a [...]

The Mobile Apps Are Great, but the ‘I’m Feeling Lucky’ Dial Function Really Makes It

in News on October 30, 2007 at 6:00 am PT

In a press conference following Google Analyst Day, company Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt and co-founder Sergey Brin confirmed Google’s plans to bid in the FCC’s upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction, but declined to discuss the mobile-phone strategy that might make use of it–apparently leaving that task to The Wall Street Journal. According to a [...]