Monday, July 2nd, 2007...10:00 am
Google Phone
Forget the iPhone…give me the Gphone by Google.
Think I am joking…. Well, let me give you some highlights from the Google:You ain’t seen nothin’ yet article by Peter Nowak, Financial Post.
“It (Google) has reportedly approached the Federal Communications Commission recently about obtaining wireless spectrum, the base upon which mobile-phone networks are built, in the U.S. agency’s next auction.”
“A major splash is only a matter of time, and when Google — with its mammoth US$163-billion market capitalization — does dive in, phone company takeovers and Apple gizmos will look like quaint curiosities.”
“Google’s plan has been underway for some time and is now gaining momentum. For at least the past three years, the company has been buying up swaths of unused fibre-optic cable — so-called “dark fibre” — around the world.”
“Rumours surfaced this week that the company is looking to buy GrandCentral Communications, a Web startup that allows users to consolidate their different home, work and mobile phone numbers into one through an Internet application.”
“Google is one of the biggest customers of the phone and cable companies — YouTube is responsible for about 10% of all Internet traffic.”
“The next big thing for Google is consistent with their overarching strategy, which is to control the advertising dollar. It just so happens that the mobile platform is one of the platforms they’re targeting,” he says. “The only question is, how do you deliver ads on a phone in a way that isn’t disruptive to callers?”
Thought I was joking….who knows. Maybe a Gphone, maybe Google takes over AT&T, maybe Google become the dominate overall media company…..I can tell you this, the hype for a Gphone would be just as big if not bigger than Apple’s iPhone. I would guarantee that!
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8 Comments
July 2nd, 2007 at 12:22 pm
Hmmm, I wonder what Google’s role will be in the end times…
July 2nd, 2007 at 2:42 pm
I see that you are making gurantees now…hummm interesting. I’m going back and reading my warranties on recent things we’ve purchased from your department. I will get back with you.
July 2nd, 2007 at 10:07 pm
BV….
Robert…I am much better at making guarantees that I have nothing to do with.
July 2nd, 2007 at 10:33 pm
Robert,
We’ve sent you multiple invoices… with no initial payment in sight I’m not sure how that warranty claim is going to hold.
On that note, as long as the GPhone is unlocked to any specific carrier I’m all for it! It would be interesting to see a quarter trillion dollar company (AT&T) get bought out by a smaller one. :oP If that happens, we really should have something to fear about Google.
-J
July 3rd, 2007 at 8:29 am
I read about the Google phone a year or so ago, but nothing since then. I hope this thing flies; it definitely has a lot of potential.
July 3rd, 2007 at 7:25 pm
have you ever seen Epic 2014 (or now updated Epic 2015).
http://epic.makingithappen.co.uk/
Google will be taking over the world…
I could really see Google buying out Apple in 4 years. If Jobs calls it quits, that will become Apple’s fate… My iPhone will become your gPhone.
July 10th, 2007 at 2:39 am
I know a software named NexySMS - A mobile phone messenger which allows you to send and receive SMS with your phone. Various types of connections are allowed, such as COM port, Bluetooth, IrDA.
more information:
http://www.qweas.com/download/business/applications/nexysms.htm
November 12th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
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