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Predicting The Google Phone

Posted by Zonk on from the can-you-goog-me-now dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Inside The GPhone: What To Expect From Google's Android Alliance (an article at Information Week) argues that you can predict what the GPhone(s) will look like very easily, simply by listing the technologies of the Open Handset Alliance partners. According to this theory, the phone will have a user interface from Sweden's TAT, VCAST-like multimedia capabilities powered by PacketVideo Corp., and an iPhone-like capacitive touch-screen, from Synaptics. Hardware-wise, it'll probably be built around Texas Instruments' OMAP processors, which enable a single-chip world phone (GSM/EDGE/GPRS). "While the GPhone won't be revolutionary, it'll connect the pieces in pleasantly new ways," argues author Alex Wolfe. Should Apple be concerned?"

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  1. I think I can answer that one... by tgatliff · · Score: 2, Funny

    No. Apple should not be concerned because they are great are doing hardware... :-)

    1. Re:I think I can answer that one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      No. Apple should not be concerned because they are great are doing hardware... :-) Great are Apple doing! With you agreed I am! Hardware Apple excelling is! :-)

  2. Yay! by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 3, Funny

    Another cell phone! Woot! The market was so sparse!

    Maybe they can release an MP3 player next! Boo-yeah! Or a WW2 FPS game!

  3. Article Website by TheMeuge · · Score: 4, Funny

    Given the number of flash-based ads and overlays on this site, it's safe to assume that if Google can come up with a mobile platform that is capable of handling the page with TFA, they're geniuses.

  4. Re:well by NeuralSpike · · Score: 2, Funny

    The biggest advantage the iPhone has is its ability to be used at any wifi hotspot for free internet access. The gPhone cannot match this capability since it can only be used at g-spots, which are supposed to be difficult to find.