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From: CNET News

Europe exec confirms Google Phone

The head of Google in Spain and Portugal has confirmed that Google is working on a mobile phone. "Some of the time the engineers are dedicated to developing a mobile phone," Isabel Aguilera is quoted as saying on the Spanish news Web site Noticias.com.

Google spokespeople in the United States have repeatedly declined to comment on rumors of a Google Phone, but the smoke has been rising lately. Earlier this month, Simeon Simeonov of Polaris Venture Partners wrote in his blog that an inside source told him the Google Phone will be a BlackBerry-like device running C++ at the core with an operating system bootstrap and optimized Java and that it would offer voice over Internet Protocol.

Rumors also circulated that that Google and Samsung were building a phone, code-named "Switch," Simeonov said, and his posting includes what he claims is a leaked photo of the device. That wouldn't be so far fetched as Google and Samsung announced a partnership in January to bundle mobile versions of Google Search, Google Maps and Gmail on certain Samsung phones. Late last year, the rumor was that France Telecom Group's mobile-telephony division Orange was in discussions with Google.

Plus, Google has on its payroll. Andy Rubin, the founder of handheld device maker Danger who later started Android, a mobile-software maker that Google bought in 2005. Google also acquired mobile-applications company Reqwireless and Google secretly acquired a company called Skia, whose first product is a portable graphics engine that renders 2D graphics on handhelds.

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Phil3070

Interesting. But I'd never get it. To many companies are getting in the cellular device race. I'll stick with a simple phone. If I want All these stuff I'll buy a new laptop or palm.

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Darc

I'm happy with my current Sharp mobile.Well,not realy.It sucks it's stuck to it's lame 1,5MB of internal memory!
God damn clerk told me it had 10MB...

Why a Google Phone?Why the heck a IPhone too?!

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AtomSlap

Obviously A Google phone would have some features a "normal" phone doesn't have.

Same goes with iPhone.

They host different features in there software and hardware.

Darc

That's true.Still would preffer a normal phone.

I guess the iPhone will have detailed videos and music and the Google Phone will be used to...scroll the net?

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AtomSlap

iPhone has things like touch sesnitivity, enviromental sensors (if at a certain angle, will perform a specific function to benefit user).

Google will be probably more web-orientated.
Although, they are entering the cellular market...so who knows? Maybe they may be specializing in media too, or something else.

Darc

With that much money,i doubt they're sticking with web oriented functions.

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AtomSlap

Hmm maybe so.

Think of it like this though.

You wouldn't expect a blacksmith to design your clothes for you would you?
The blacksmith would stick with his specialty, and progress it.

But with all the companies Google has bought, and probably double that figure because most of them are probably bought secretly, they could certainly get the man power to do anything.

I'll just wait and see.

Mr. First Name Basis

Nah, I think I'll save my money for the McDonald's Phone. It spits out warm apple pie.

Well it seems like every super company is getting in the cell block race, so I'm guessing McDonald's is next, then Walmart, then eBay.

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cinderboy

Micorsoft came up with a mobile phone yet ?

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