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October 29, 2007 9:40 PM PDT

More Google Phone rumors

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Google will unveil its long-anticipated plan to bring its software to cell phones within the next two weeks, The Wall Street Journal reported late on Monday citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.

The "Google-powered" phones are expected to make it to market by mid-2008, possibly from Taiwan's HTC, South Korea's LG Electronics, Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile USA, France Telecom's Orange SA and Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.'s 3 U.K., the report says. In addition to the ad-supported phone services bundling Google Maps, YouTube and Gmail, the operating system would be open to developers to build additional features.

Google executives have declined to comment on rumors related to the Google Phone, which has been reported on extensively this year.

Google executives have complained that carriers have locked up the market and stifled innovation in the U.S. telephony market. They may bid on 700MHz wireless spectrum, Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said last week at Google Analyst Day.

Bring it on, already, I say.

Update at 11:00 a.m. PT, October 30: Reuters is saying that France Telecom is denying being in talks with Google.

Originally posted at News Blog
Elinor Mills covers Internet security and privacy. She joined CNET News in 2005 after working as a foreign correspondent for Reuters in Portugal and writing for The Industry Standard, the IDG News Service, and the Associated Press. E-mail Elinor.
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iPhone
by coryschulz October 29, 2007 10:52 PM PDT
Ha ha... I just wanted to get you all excited!
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Not cool...
by FrancisBnet October 30, 2007 12:57 AM PDT
Dude,just get over it...
Free service for ads?
by rcardona2k October 30, 2007 4:05 AM PDT
Would you download an Adsense ads application that would show
you ads in betweens/during calls to get free service, even on the
iPhone? I wouldn't for myself but for my kids, when they get old
enough, LOL...!
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google employees already are testing...
by basraw October 30, 2007 6:57 AM PDT
1 phone # for you for every where
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Observer of London
by musiktexte32 October 30, 2007 7:02 AM PDT
The Observer of London is reporting that Google might be working with HTC and mobile/telecom giant Orange to build a Google Mobile Phone.

And just rummors
Mark - http://www.musiktexte32.com/songtexte/a/abba/index.php
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T-Mobile
by pchang77 October 30, 2007 2:18 PM PDT
Word around the blogs is that Google already has a deal in the works with T-Mobile http://www.newsvisual.com/newsvisual/2007/10/google-and-t-mo.html . Do you think the G-Phone will be successful? The iPhone has been a success, but Apple knows about making products. Google doesn't really make anything, and now they are going to jump into the telecommunications industry?
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Google Phone rumor?
by martinlock October 31, 2007 12:24 AM PDT
I don't have any imformation about is there any google phone or not?...as far as other google searvices are concerned, I am under knowledge. My website http://www.fortunehotels.in is having good ranking in google.co.in but not in http://www.alexa.com/data/details/main?url=www.fortunehotels.in. I need suggestions.
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