http://gphonereview.blogsome.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 22 Sep 2007 15:54:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ... http://gphonereview.blogsome.com/2007/09/22/google-phone-just-a-step-toward-net-advertising-dominance/ There was an old ad campaign that went something like, "It’s not nice to fool with mother nature." And I believe the perpetrator of this crime was quickly zapped by lightening. Google’s rumored Google phone, which will offer consumers free cell phone service, subsidized by placing text or voice ... http://gphonereview.blogsome.com/2007/09/22/a-google-phone-with-ads-is-beyond-the-pale/ Google has developed a prototype cell phone that could reach markets within a year, and plans to offer consumers free subscriptions by bundling advertisements with its search engine, e-mail, and Web browser software applications, according to a story published Thursday in The Wall Street Journal. Google is showing the prototype to ... http://gphonereview.blogsome.com/2007/09/22/report-google-shows-phone-prototype-to-manufacturers/ The phone comes pre-installed with mobile services from Google, giving one-click access to Google’s search engine, as well as Gmail and Google maps. LG spokesperson Choi Jun-Hyuk said: "We will sell our new 3G Google phones this week in five European countries - Italy, France, Germany, Romania and the Czech Republic. ... http://gphonereview.blogsome.com/2007/09/22/lgs-ku580-google-phone-to-launch-in-europe/ Apple is one lucky company to have all those fans making iPhone apps without an official SDK. Now, a guy claims he has figured out how to use the iPhone’s accelerometer in applications. What follows is the short video demoing some wacky stuff and games, which use the accelerometer ... http://gphonereview.blogsome.com/2007/09/22/iphones-accelerometer-can-be-used-in-3rd-party-apps/ The tech world is buzzing with rumors about a Google phone. The Wall Street Journal ran an article today, quoted at SearchEngineLand, that provides some details of the development process. Apparently, Google is taking a two-pronged approach: developing their own handset, but at the same time opening up the ... http://gphonereview.blogsome.com/2007/09/22/google-phone-new-ad-platform/ Goo-Fone? .. or should that be Gphone? It may not matter given what Google is said to have said. Google seems to be strongly denying the rumors that it will develop its own cell phone. Rumors have been circulating for months based on particular actions by Google, for example on ... http://gphonereview.blogsome.com/2007/09/22/goo-fone-or-gphone-fact-or-fiction/ Last week, a high-ranking Google executive confirmed that the search engine company is developing a mobile phone. Now another exec - one with even more influence - has denied the rumors. “[B]ecoming an equipment manufacturer is pretty far from our business model,” said Vinton Cerf. Cerf effectively outranks Isabel Aguilera, Google’s ... http://gphonereview.blogsome.com/2007/09/22/cerf-disconnects-google-phone-rumors/ The discussions could lead to Google’s search technology powering a new "Google phone", which would make using cell phones as easy as the world’s most popular search engine. Their plans centre on a branded Google phoneit might have a screen similar to a video iPod. But it would have built-in Google ... http://gphonereview.blogsome.com/2007/09/22/apples-iphone-then-googles-gphone/ Google Phone has been a subject of many rumors lately. Mark Hopkins, a technology podcaster, says he got the confirmation of the Gphone after talking to an insider Google (GOOG). He said that the Google (applications) Suite is going to play a huge role in the usability of the GPhone, and ... http://gphonereview.blogsome.com/2007/09/22/google-phone-an-attempt-to-take-on-100-pc/