Gphone Around The Corner?

By Digital Trends Staff October 30, 2007

Gphone Around The Corner? The rumors have been rising for months, but according to a report yesterday in The Wall Street Journal, Google is going to makeits big announcement regarding a Google-powered phone in the next two weeks. The newspaper says that Google has been talking both to handset manufacturers and wireless operators, with T-Mobile emerging as the leading US contender, and 3, which has just released its Skypehone, ahead of the pack in the UK. Thehandset manufacturers reportedly in the frame are HTC and LG Google’s mobile software bundle will include the searchengine, of course, along with GMail, YouTube and Google Maps. But reports are that Google will exclusively use open software, even on the OS. Google has yet to comment to confirm or denyanything.

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