WSJ: Google is Ready to Announce the G-Phone Plan
Several rumors have been circulating around the Web for several months about Google Plan for it Google Phone. Today the Wall Street Journal reveals that: Within the next two weeks, Google is expected to announce advanced software and services that would allow handset makers to bring Google-powered phones to market by the middle of next year, people familiar with the situation say. In recent months Google has approached several U.S. and foreign handset manufacturers about the idea of building phones tailored to Google software, with Taiwan’s HTC Corp. and South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. mentioned in the industry as potential contenders.
The “Google-powered phones” are expected to include popular Google apps such search engine, Google Maps, YouTube, Gmail, etc. But the most radical element of the plan, though, is Google’s push to make the phones’ software “open” right down to the operating system, the layer that controls applications and interacts with the hardware. That means independent software developers would get access to the tools they need to build additional phone features.
Read the full WSJ article HERE!
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