Google iPhone killer on its way
There has been plenty of talk for quite some time about Google releasing its own mobile phone. While there is plenty of speculation on what type of service Google would introduce, one thing seems to be pretty clear, Google WILL launch something in the next couple of years. Most likely it is going to be a mobile phone, with Linux based OS, and loads of Google software. Google’s gPhone would be the most likely product that should arrive within the next 12-18 months:
Not only was Google instrumental in winning concessions in the rules of an upcoming auction in the US of radio spectrum that will guarantee that any device or service can be used on that spectrum, but Google has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into developing mobile phone designs.
This should be sending all sorts of mobile players into planning mode, including Nokia, Apple (with its recently launched iPhone) and Motorola. Google may end up getting LG to make the hardware. But one thing is sure, if and when Google does launch its own mobile, it is going to be very aggressive with its pricing, quite unlike what Apple’s iPhone is charging consumers.