Google coming soon GPhone?

Tech-specific blogs reported last week that Google's leading Internet search service provider is preparing to launch its own mobile phone market.

'Google Phone' or 'Gphone' will be a low-cost mobile phone using Google's own mobile operating system.

The well-known high-tech product news site Engadget forecasts that next week Google will officially launch Gphone and also said that Google has invested a lot of effort in developing a proprietary operating system. products.

CrunchGear Blog, meanwhile, argued that Google still has to consider among nearly 20 dozen designs of Taiwan's leading mobile device manufacturer. GPhone can only be released at a time between January and March 2008.

CrunchGear also said the GPhone will have Google Talk built in to allow users to make free calls over the Internet. In addition to the ability to surf the web, iPhone is equipped with a special version of Google Map that is compatible with the built-in GPS global positioning technology. And of course GPhone is also compatible with Google's free email service Gmail.

The photo of the GPhone is now available on the Rizzn.com blog. Accordingly, the GPhone will be a relatively slim mobile phone with a large touch screen display. GPhone uses a Linux operating system kernel that has been modified to be more suitable, integrating GPS technology, Google Maps . and costs only about 100 USD.

The author of the article posted on Rizzn.com said he had a conversation with a close source of information within Google. This person assured him of an upcoming mobile phone called Google 's GPhone. According to this source, Google Suite will play a very important role in GPhone.

The Wall Street Journal reported that some of the leading mobile service providers in the US, such as AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless, have been "shown" by the Google design of the GPhone. Google has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in a research project to produce its own mobile phone. It is expected that the product will be released in early next year.

India's Rediff Blog page predicts GPhone will officially launch simultaneously on the US and European markets in about two weeks. Not only that, Google is also in talks with India's mobile service providers Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Essar. Even this blog site said that producer Bharat Sanchar Nigam will be the GPhone production unit.

Google declined to comment on the information.

However, there is no denying the fact that the world's leading Internet search service provider has been very interested in mobile telecommunications. Not only that, Google will also participate in an 'open' mobile telecommunications auction in the US market in January 2008. The estimated cost of this auction will also reach billions of dollars.

Whoever gets the open telecommunications frequency control book will be able to create a mobile network throughout the United States, any mobile phone will be compatible with this network.

Recently, Google has invested a lot in developing mobile applications such as a ringtone search engine or a free mobile phone service through an ad-supported solution.

If the GPhone really becomes a reality, this will be a huge challenge for mobile carriers because GPhone will be a very cheap mobile phone, touch screen, already features, good browsing, full positioning. GPS bridge .

Hoang Dung