Posted on Friday, September 21 2007 @ 10:26 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Taiwanese sources
claim Google will definitely launch its own-branded cell phone but has yet to finalize the device's specifications:
lthough market rumors previously stated that Google is likely to use an EDGE solution developed by Texas Instruments (TI) for its planned handset, recent developments indicate that Google is also evaluating the possibility of launching a 3G handset initially.
TI's handset chipsets will find their way into the Google phone should the company decide to roll out an EDGE-compliant handset, but Qualcomm could turn out to be the winner if Google decides to bet on a 3G model, the sources noted.
However, the choice of a 3G platform might force Google to postpone the launch of the so-called Gphone to the first half of 2008 instead of the latter half of this year as expected due to the change of platform and problems related to licensing of patented technologies, the sources indicated.
There's still lots of speculation. Some claim Google will use HTC to manufacture the phone and that it might even have developed a mobile operating system to compete against Symbian and Windows Mobile.
