December 26, 2006
Coulda Be A Contenda: Google Phone
Rocky Balboa, the final installment in Sly Stallone's boxing movie saga just released, and it's more than a contender for hot holiday entertainment. Other hot, more relevant news is the Google Phone. Is Google in talks with Orange to build a branded phone that would run Google Talk? Would Google's move into another aspect of our lives be embraced or shunned?
Personally, I like Google Talk. Its interface is simple and clean, and because it's only a VoIM client (no calls out to landlines/ mobiles) quality has been crystal clear. I spoke to someone a couple of months back who was half way around the world but sounded as if he was in the next room. So I welcome a Google Phone, preloaded with Google Talk.
Now, Om Malik analyzed a UK story last week and said that the Google phone may go on sale by 2008 (a long ways off). So that doesn't fit in with the whisperings of earlier this Fall about the phone being free, with the cost being ad viewing. I still think that'll be one of the options. Though I have my own theories of Google's even doing this. But regardless, we'll have to wait and see whether Google Phone will be a contender.
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