Comments on: Google phone details?

By: dante

dante — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:07:10 +0000

Personally speaking, I’m waiting on the Starbucks Phone.

By: test5477

test5477 — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:08:59 +0000

argonn, my comment was meant to say the OS seems like the only thing that could be cool here. The hardware will likely be a recycled HTC box with traditional styling. The spectrum and pricing is to me the most interesting.

By: enemes

enemes — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:34:28 +0000

Google is not really a hardware company. Yes, they put together their own servers and they at least tried to build their own switches. But building devices for external consumption is quite different. In addition, it’s a fairly low margins business.

By: enemes

enemes — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:32:10 +0000

@Argonnj
many button presses to get around winmo? how many button presses does it take to make a phone call on iPhone? Oops.

By: TJHood

TJHood — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:31:37 +0000

I can’t see Google investing in something as lame as this, I’d say that news reporter has a weak imagination to try to fool anyone with this.

I can see Linux being used, one way to cut down on cost.
but who can ignore that it is lacking well pretty much everything that people are looking for in a new device.
This is junk and Google isn’t that ignorant..

By: victor

victor — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 20:36:16 +0000

From what you have just said they might be able to make a really good device. Hopefully it will succeed in the end. I love how G has made good use of a variety of devices and technologies. I do hope they show a concept (realist) soon.

By: Argonnj

Argonnj — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:30:05 +0000

@Sulis
The reason HTC phones have so many buttons is because they are designed to run Win Mobile. You have to drill through so many menu options for the phone to do what you want, that buttons make it easier to access the functions.

@test5477
Don’t see much difference the OS makes? It makes all the difference. If it works the way is suppose to and doesn’t crash or freeze, like Win Mobile then you saying it doesn’t make a difference doesn’t make sense. What doesn’t make a difference is the numerous Win Mobile handsets out there that all look different, but are essentially crap due to the OS that runs them.

By: Feech

Feech — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:04:36 +0000

If this is true I will be dissapointed. I actually got a chance to play with the Iphone and was pleasantly surprised by the “virtual” keyboard. After a few minutes I was able to type decent text messages with few mistakes. I really would like to see other phone makers get onboard and give us at least a choice on good looking phones. I think functionality is a given now. Phones just work these days, the only thing to make a difference now is what they look like and how they interact with it. I think this is why the Iphone is so popular

By: Sulis

Sulis — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 16:03:34 +0000

Great news for Apple if this is the case – yet more clunky handsets making the iPhone look good. I really find it hard to believe that the HTC folks will depart from their jam as much stuff in as possible approach. Hardware with loads of buttons means loads of options all over the place – which means it will appeal to geeks, but few others. And the geeks are not that numerous.

By: chris

chris — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:47:39 +0000

Yeah.. Pretty excited to see the end product.

By: test5477

test5477 — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:08:42 +0000

no, considering they have not even bought any wireless spectrum to use. Unless they launch as a carrier I do not see much difference here between anything else. Yes, a new OS is good but other than that it seem like nothing great to me.