Google spending hundreds of millions on cell phone. Target: 1Q2008
Google Inc has invested hundreds of millions of
dollars in its cell phone project.
They’re likely to want a large landscape screen
Google Inc has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in its cell phone project and is courting U.S. and European mobile operators, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Anian, a Reuters company that tracks industry trends for institutional investors, reported last month that Google had engaged Taiwan’s High Tech Computer Corp to design a Linux software-based phone for launch in the first quarter of 2008.
The Anian report cited industry sources as saying T-Mobile, owned by Deutsche Telekom, would likely be Google’s U.S. partner with France Telecom’s Orange selling the phones in other markets.
The most interesting aspect is - like Apple - here’s another company coming from the world of computing - challenging the citadel of dog-in-the-manger corporate stodgery, the Telcos.
Could be entertaining. Maybe even benefit a few ordinary human beings.
Posted: Fri - August 3, 2007 at 10:06 AM