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Google dream phone on its way

Google dream phone on its way The first smartphone powered by Google's new mobile software will reportedly be sold by T-Mobile USA in late October.

Dubbed the 'dream phone' by industry insiders the device promises to be a cross between the best bits of an iPhone and a BlackBerry - perhaps it should be called the iBerry.

The phone is likely to be targeted at the same type of technology-mad geeks who have made the iPhone a sales classic but it is tipped to resemble the BlackBerry in terms of weight and bulk.

According to those in the know, it will probably have a large touchscreen, a swivel-out full keyboard and a BlackBerry-style trackball to aid navigation.

Google must hope that the dream phone will put Google in more people's pockets and that other manufacturers will follow T-Mobile's lead and use the Android software to put the search engine on their models.

Insiders believe that the phone's manufacturer, HTC Corp, has 'done the math' and expects to ship 600,000 to 700,000 units of the new device - far higher than analysts' original estimates.

The clever money is on an announcement being made by T-Mobile on 23 September, with shop shelves being cleared to make room for the new phone by the end of October.


In other mobile phone-related news, this time closer to home, there is much speculation that the Post Office is to enter the mobile phone market.

The Post Office already has more than half a million home broadband customers and is constantly looking for new ways to generate revenue.

According to The Guardian, Post Office mobile phones should be expected no sooner than next year.


Also in The Guardian, celebrity technology blogger Stephen Fry has been writing about the Skypephone.

Skype uses the Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) to allow anyone with an internet connection to make free calls to other Skype users.

Judging by the praise he lavishes on it, the new 3 Skypephone S2, "an all-singing, all-Skyping mobile", has won the comic actor's wholehearted approval.

Google phone news posted on 16 September 2008

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Colors

What colors are going to be sold?

Comment posted by Anonymous on 16/09/2008 14:00:20

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