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Re: The Gphone is coming; how Google could rewrite the rules

terrance — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:45:43 -0000

lets just say the g phone is just to damn good it got a built in navagating system in it :D

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a guy who got an iphone — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:58:54 -0000

i like apple's products-Macbook,ipod touch and iphone,that are AMAZING design on both usage and interface.
but just one thing should be mentioned here.
it's battery...actually my ipod touch is nearly useless after 1 year,coz it got problem in charging,every 2 hours i'm charging it just turn out to be 5 minutes playing.
so i hope apple can develop its products with battery with replacement,that's all.
i don't like the poor google

Re: The Gphone is coming; how Google could rewrite the rules

MR9872 — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 22:51:13 -0000

I found an artical on IntoMobile.com about the new Google phone. The artical mentions the new Google phone would feature a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and would be designed by Samsung.

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khalid — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:25:50 -0000

i looking forward to this fone pls keep us updated

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MESFIN SINE — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:08:50 -0000

i am ready to buy it .

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web — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:49:17 -0000

Oh God Yes I want this, all hail Google our new overlords

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Gio — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:13:40 -0000

I think that the Gphone will be the best thing to hit anywhere! The little things that i have heard about it thus far gives me high hopes of a phone that truely will have everything u need, especially for a buisness person :)

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Makenzie — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:52:04 -0000

This phone is the bomb!! I want it so bad!! When it comes out I might have to check into it.

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Bobby_J — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:19:19 -0000

Well what can I say, alot of people are going on about how much the apps are going to cost commercially, well that's the thing with Android, its FOSS (Free Open Source Software)

What will this mean to the average Joe Public?

As the source code is completely open source, anybody and i mean anybody can write an app for the Gphone for FREE, give it to the friends for FREE.

Now there will be some companies that have invested time and money into developing apps for the Gphone, and yes they can charge for them, that is their choice, but as with the nature of ALL GNU/linux (which android is) for every 1 commercially available app, there will be half a dozen or more free (and sometimes better) apps that will do exactly the same thing.

Now I could rant on about GNU/Linux etc but I wont......

Back to the topic in hand.

The video footage of ACTUAL phones running Android completely obliterate anything I have seen the I-phone do. (Several of my friends have the I-phone but are now looking at changing)

The apps will take a to become fully available, this is a new OS, I know alot of people are working on the SDK (Software Development Kit) for Android so people are creating the apps, and if you cant find the app to do what you want, get the SDK (its FREE) and try and create the app to do what you want, once you have created (or attempted) there is NO risk to your phone as you run it virtually 1st to test, what more could you ask for.

In my opinion the thing that is really going to dictate if the G-phone takes of or not will be the price, I Google want the phone to out to the mass markets and be available to everyone then they will need to ensure it doesn't come with the £350 sim free price tag that the the latest phones usually have attached.

I have seen reports that the US market will be getting the phone for roughly $100 / £50 lets see what price they try and sell it to the UK market for.

Time will tell

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julia — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 22:05:20 -0000

This will be great! What they need to do different from the iphone is make the keyboard similar to that of the sidekick. The touch screen keyboard on the iphone makes it very difficult to type quickly without making errors. That is the biggest flaw in the iphone. Those of us to prefer to text or always texting find it hard to use.

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Chris — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:48:07 -0000

Hello,
the gphone is coming and i have found a german description about the
a href="http://www.mobilefacts.de/2...">Google Handy

Greetz Chris

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peace loving hippee freak — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:50:15 -0000

Wow this phone looks amazing!!!!!!!!! But ........... I really wish that they would come out a little sooner!!!!!!!!!!

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Michelle — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:37:45 -0000

I would buy this phone in a heart beat. I hope it is on the best network T-Mobile with the best price on service and a good phone they would be unbeatable.

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st — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:27:24 -0000

I love Google products.
And I hate Apple, I hate their computers, I hate their mp3 players, I almost hate their phone.
So I definatelly buy a Google phone even if it will be overpriced and if it will work in Europe.

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Jan — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:55:01 -0000

Check out the german gPhone Blog.
www.gPhone-Blog.eu

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iqueen — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:03:39 -0000

Phone will replace PC one day, Android(Linux) will replace Windows one day, Microsoft is also on his phone project now, i think.

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smalltalk — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:20:43 -0000

I want to have a gphone. if ok, your company can give me a free phone. I tested for you.
thanks

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Kendall Johnson — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:01:28 -0000

This seems like another wasted attempt to be an iphone killer. Google has 2 problems that will be their downfall.
1. They are a search engine and have little to no experience in the OS industry (i.e. they have no tried and tested platform to run their os).
2. They are going to be their own provider. That right there is just a dusty trail. If someone has problems with their service (which they will, being a brand new service) they will associate the service with the product. It is better to let a provider take the heat and you the glory (at&t sucks, apple glorious).
I don't see any way that this will revolutionize the cell phone industry, and now that apple is allowing the common user to design, produce, and use their own programs with SDK the gPhone and it's copycat technologies won't last long.
Does anyone else smell a wiff Zune in the air?

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Geof D — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:54:30 -0000

Needs a storage capacity worth purchasing the damned phone for.

The Iphone is supposedly something that "does it all" with such a minimal data transfer / storage capacity that I would rather just keep my Ipod / flash drive / cell phone on me and not be happy with all of the separate possibilities I get by having more than one way of multi connectivity despite the inconvenience.

its a piece of crap and people are paying ridiculous prices for obsolete hardware... I mean be sensible people, the most obvious ways to make this a good product are to pay attention to
A it has to be fast
B Data input cant be annoying
C You pay for what you get ($ vs Hardware)
D How does it play with other devices
E Is it practical?
F battery life
G features and usefulness
H Why is this product better than every other product out there.
I Do the people out there really need another version of a device with more features to buy

its the alphabet of questions that need to be asked before anything is created, and in my opinion mac failed to ask these questions when producing the Iphone... thats the reason why it wasn't the primo device of the decade, and the reason why it is failing miserably.

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DunDun — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:41:26 -0000

HTC touch Way better no contest

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OMKAR — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:44:17 -0000

I am a fan of both Google and Apple.. I was really excited when iPhone was introduced with its set of new concepts for a mobile phone. If Google has to get over it, even it should get a new concept over iPhone rather than enhancing iPhone. Let apple do the iPhone better and I know Google is capable of inventing a completely new generation mobile device. I guess they must be working on this and may surprise me again any time...

I would like to have a tough time selecting between re-invented iPhone and invented GPhone...

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ryguy — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:52:20 -0000

I must add that the market population for any product (device, OS or whatever Google may be developing) in the area of communications primarily uses a computer...duh. If this product is unable to be paired with and not excluding the PC, Mac, and linux box, then you are limiting the functionality and ease of integration into people's lives.

On another note, it seems like we're approaching ideas for complete, all in one, total control devices that we will not be able to function without. Perhaps it's just some minor paranoia, but that sounds somewhat Orwellian to me...

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paul fry — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:05:24 -0000

im going to buy both tehy are both great!

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Joe — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 20:45:15 -0000

iPhone can be jailbreak and this becomes sort of fun to deal with plus there are lots of applications available. No GPS, who cares...Ianyway, 'm not going to put my phone in my car as GPS and exposed to sun all day long when I drive

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Rajat Bhadani — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:48:52 -0000

thats actually incredible but funny as well
Nokia is doing something on similar lines bringing add ons with its service and changing the face of its new phone to touchscreen and google is entering into the market as well
http://www.reviewsaurus.com...