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The down of innovation in mobile eco-system ?

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Google is jumping into the mobile phone business with its new G1 phone. The G1 is available starting today for $179 with a two-year contract from T-Mobile. See more irresistible headlines

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The HTC Dream smartphone with Android operating system will be available for $200 with a two-year contract, sources confirm.

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For those of you who have been anticipating the so-called Google Phone as if it were the next iPhone, the wait is almost over.

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Of course, we all know that the event of the past week (or perhaps we should say the event of the year, given the news coverage), has been the launch of the iPhone 2.0.

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But today Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergei Brin and CEO Eric Schmidt made nebulous statements that are leaving us wondering if Google is now thinking of building that gPhone: "The trio of Google execs also used the opportunity to talk about the inroads the company is ma …

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Mobile phones designed around Google's Android software may not be available until the fourth quarter of this year, and some companies are struggling to even meet that deadline, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday, citing unidentified sources.

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Google unveiled the software for its much-anticipated new phone last week, and it's loaded with fun features, including an unlocking tool that allows users to create a secret shape that must be drawn on the screen.

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It really does exist. I've just come from a demonstration of the Android software platform for portable devices here at the 2008 Mobile World Congress.

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My disappointment of 2007

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"We believe it's important to put our money where our principles are," said Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO, Google. "Consumers deserve more competition and innovation than they have in today's wireless world.

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"The user experience has been a disaster," says Tony Davis, managing partner of Brightspark, a Toronto venture capital firm that has invested in two mobile Web companies.

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When Google conquered Internet search in the early 2000s, it was strictly a Web company and faced only Web competitors. Since then it has only rarely ventured out of the friendly confines of the Web world.

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he kit also includes code that, for some, may confirm Google's increasingly strong ties to Apple, manifested most often for observers by the presence of Google chief Eric Schmidt on Apple's Board of Directors.

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Looks pretty impressive. I can't wait to see more.

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Recent news that Sprint is not going to work with Clearwire to build out a WiMAX network only added to the rumors I have been hearing about Google acquiring Sprint Nextel.

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One day after Google's splashy entry into the mobile market, the telecom industry is still divided over whether Google can deliver on its stated goal to transform wireless.

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Finally, has anyone else noticed the way Google is kind of desperately grasping at straws lately? They spend years trying to do something other than search and nothing works.

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Each time we get a pretty illustration, a new buzzphrase beginning with Open, and a YouTube video talking about how awesome its gonna be. Meanwhile, Google gets a buttload of press coverage and the problems (if they are, actually, problems) are still unsolved.

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The Google Phone has arrived, sort of, but not in the long-rumored embodiment that many had expected.

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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 5 — Google took its long-awaited plunge into the wireless world today, announcing that it is leading a broad industry alliance to transform mobile phones into powerful mobile computers that could accelerate the convergence of computing and communications.

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Despite all of the very interesting speculation over the last few months, we're not announcing a Gphone. However, we think what we are announcing -- the Open Handset Alliance and Android -- is more significant and ambitious than a single phone.

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This went up today at Android.com, home of Andy Rubin who is now head of mobile devices for Google. This is the future of cellular phones. :) Industry Leaders Announce Open Platform for Mobile Devices Group Pledges to Unleash Innovation for Mobile Users Worldwide

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Mr. Rubin is one of the primary architects behind another product that also smacks of potential über-coolness — the Google Phone. As Google's "director of mobile platforms," Mr.

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