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Rumors of Google and Dell iPhone Rival
An anonymous reader writes "Speculation is mounting that Google is plotting the launch of a mobile phone in partnership with computer giant Dell.
Senior industry sources claim the two companies will reveal their plans at next month's 3GSM telecoms conference in Barcelona, although Google insiders deny an announcement is due in the near future."
Get real. Whatever this thing turns out to be, you can bet your monkey it won't be as pretty as the iPhone. As easy to use, maybe. But it sounds like it's aimed at a different market - a market that won't blindly pay out the ass for the kind of experience Apple offers. Which means it's not an iPhone competitor. Much the same way anything-that-plays-music is not an iPod competitor, though pundits continue to insist that IT IS OMG!!! to drive up their page views. :P
I was wondering why we had so many drive failures on our GSAs . . .
"Al-though"? What the fuck is that? Who taught you how to spell, Al-Qaeda?
There's no way to make this phone dirt cheap, and there's no way Dell puts out anything cool. Combine this with "barely working" state of a typical Google client software beta, and you have a turd of gargantuan proportions.
If I owned any stock in Dell, I'd put in a sell order on this rumor.
You were in a fine restaurant, and you guys bring work and toys to the table? IQ != smarts, also known as "smart people sometimes are the stupidest". Your group easily met that criteria that evening.
Tools belong at work, and toys in the playpen. Knowledge of this is what separates geeks from common sensed people.