A prototype of Gphone ,based on software, Android debuts at the the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. You can see the G-Phone in the pictures above.
Google has deals with LG Electronics, Htc, Motorola, Samsung and others to include Andoird software in upcoming phones.
Sprint and T-Mobile have agreed to provide service for Google phone in the United States. Google announced that phones with the Android software will be available by the middle of this year.
(5 november 2007) - Google announced a new open platform for mobile devices based on Linux and Java. The name of the project is Android (watch the gphone video). This free operating software for cell phone is developed with Open Handset Alliance that is a consortium of over 30 technology and mobile companies like Nokia, Motorola, T-mobile. Gphones will be ready in the first part of 2008.
(30-10-2007) The Wall Street Journal reported that Google will announce the new g phone in the next two weeks. Google phone will mix several of its applications like Google Maps, YouTube, Gmail. G-phone will use only open software. Gphone are expected in the market in the first half of 2008. Google has discussed the production with a HTC (Taiwan) and LG (South Korea) and the services with wireless operators in the US, Europe, Hong Kong.
Stay Tuned !
Ps: no idea about the g phone price for the moment.
The first Google Phone will launch by T-Mobile at the price of 179$.The price of gphone G1 for the moment is valid only for US market. For UK market the cost of Google Phone G1 could be similar.
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Low-cost Google phone. At this moment we don't know the real price of Gphone, but it seems that Google wants to sell its smartphone at 100 $ (73 eur - 50 pounds). Very Cheap smartphone.