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- th3B3n, on 10/28/2007, -0/+86I can see it now, Google will open stores for this phone and call it "the Gspot". The ladies will love it, but the guys won't be able to find it.
- ludwik, on 10/10/2007, -2/+74Blog spam. Original source: http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN0242431720070802
- lerch, on 10/10/2007, -5/+55They really should consider Verizon, or Verizon reconsider Google as a customer. With Verizon's Wireless EV-DO speeds upgraded to fight EDGE, Google's phone would perfectly take advantage of it and boost Verizon's network.
- wjackson, on 10/10/2007, -1/+40Verizon turned down Apple for the iPhone demands and now Google for their ad revenue sharing demands. I wonder if Verizon's corporate arrogance and unwillingness to compromise will ultimately lead to it's downfall. Two poor decisions, IMO.
- ChromaVita, on 10/10/2007, -2/+38In a perfect world you wouldn't be tied to any particular phone company. And it would all be free.
- nights0223, on 10/10/2007, -0/+36A perfect world? AT&T sucks.
- schestowitz, on 10/10/2007, -8/+42Open Access, Web services, Linux+Java, hundreds of millions spent on development...
Yup... Google has it right on this one. It's a long-term investment. Gates' Google Phone FUD from last week is admission of fear. Otherwise he would have ignored it. - Ihavethespeed, on 10/10/2007, -1/+23obviously somone didnt get the farting women only memo today
- dtd00d, on 10/10/2007, -1/+22That's why it's blogspam...
- SnuKs, on 10/10/2007, -0/+20I love Verizon's service, but their range of phones SUCK SO DAMN MUCH! Plus all the crippling they do on the phones. Imagine if they picked up the iPhone like originially planned and have it on the EVDO network? Honestly if they pass up on Google after passing up on Apple I'm gonna switch.
- gboom, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12itd be awesome as a free service with voip over 700MHz
- NullzipZero, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12OFF WITH HIS HEAD!
- dasunst3r, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11If it's around $300, then I'll definitely buy it. Otherwise, just make it less than $600.
- josegutz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11AAAaaaaaaaaaarh I wanna G-Phone.
- forteller, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Or.. They could just sell the phone, and let the user decide for herself what service provider to use _after_ she's bought the phone..!
Or is that just the crazy European way of thinking..? - somekids, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11I hope they can break the tight grip the cell companies have over us now.
- surfing, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Watch out Jay Leno!
- avkrules, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11verizon would not allow the use of the Google phone on their network. not with all the features Google wants in it.
Thats one major reason Verizon didn't get the iPhone. They restrict teh feature set on their phones excessively - azurepalm, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9I'm still surprised that selling cell phones in the states requires dealing with carriers that locks the phone to its network. I guess i'm used to living in a country where phones are free to use any available cellular networks.
- Prod_Deity, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8I haven't used the EV-DO before, but EDGE is slow as hell usually in the Seattle metro area.
- Kinjiru, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10Verizon? No thanks to ANY CDMA... I refuse to support a company that only lets me pick a phone THEY supply (Telus and Bell Mobility here in Canada for example)..
GSM FTW!! - bryxal, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9ZOMFG u R MissING SOME EXPlamation Marks AND your SENTENce MAKE alomost SENSE!!!!111one!uno! lim(x->0) sin(x)/x!!!
- DarkDragon, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9MSFT cruses competition with money, slander, and backhanded tricks, Google innovates to create competition
- NinjaBoy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Bull *****. I have a job and id like to save $50-$70 a month. Thats one extra video game a month i can buy.
- aserer511, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7....t-mobile? give it to VZW or sprint!!
- christoast, on 09/04/2008, -1/+8Now THAT... is a phone.
btw: i work at customer care at a sprint/nextel call center and you're all ***** morons. - hiscity, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Then there's always the problem that you won't be able to get one except by invitation only...
- bradpitcher, on 10/10/2007, -5/+11Verizon is a bad choice because they don't use GSM
- habbofresh, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6I'm in ur comment, riding your coattails.
(+1 to you :) ) - CodeCobalt, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6I have sprint and in my area they hands down have the best speeds. I get 1.5 megabits per second on my damn phone. Not to mention free TV, free unlimited data, 10 free radio stations. But seriously I think google needs to let people choose which carrier they want, as there's no way for ANY phone I would switch from sprint.
500 any time minutes, free nights starting at 7, and weekends, unlimited data transfer, 30+ TV channels, 10 radio stations, no roaming anywhere in America, and I'm probably forgetting more stuff. All for $30 a month - thenativeraver, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6USER CONDUCT
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http://digg.com/tos - Cyberen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Will this enable me to bypass AT&T's secret telecommunications spying?
- elamr, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8Sounds like a typical phone with a Google search on it. plain jane. I'm waiting for a Skype cell phone (service paid for with google ads)... impossible in the US because of the strangle hold on wifi/broadband that the big teleco's have.
- meltingrobot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Would be nice to see something like this on Verizon. I already hate Verizon quite a bit, but here lately, not having any cool phones to buy is getting really really ***** lame. I'm sorry, but I don't want a Fatberry or Palm Treo to carry around in my pocket. They're too damn big. And I'll pass on anything Windows Mobile based. I've had too much bad luck with any Windows based phone to try that again.
- UlicBelouve, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Sprint does a good job to. That's what I use, and the company I used to work for utilized Sprint or Verizon, depending on coverage and preference to our users. Both are good, I don't want to cut down Verizon.
- toxicityj, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5if people buy the iphone despite selling their soul to AT&T, i think google would do fine with TMobile, which by the way I happened have a love. the sex is great.
- toxicityj, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4there are none you big *****
- tehbored, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Suck it Apple! Linux > you!
- sqrt7744, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4it's not an issue??? Are you crazy? i travel tons and always buy cheap gsm sims in whatever country I'm in, thus saving big $$$. It would be impossible if my phone was locked. I'm buying a Neo 1973 (Moko) when they come out in the fall for sure. I'm sick of locked down proprietary crapola - even if it uses linux for core operations. So do TONS of mobiles and embedded devices that are otherwise locked down.
- ahirreddy, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6It would be great if this ran the next version of Ubuntu, Gusty Gibbon, which has a version made just for cell phones.
P.S. Why the hell is this linked to some stupid blog and not the real article. Digg should have some sort of blog spam fix feature. The link to a story should be able to be changed from a blog to the original article if enough users report it. - HerrEisenheim, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4You don't even know what it is, or what it can do, and you are willing to throw down $300?
- elk1, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5The problem in the US is that each carrier has a different type of network. a phone that works on verizon cannot work on att. in europe and asia everything is gsm
- nukem996, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5I dont see why this is getting dugg down its 100% true. Verizon insists on locked every phone for what ever reason. My gf and I both have the krazr and heres has tons of features mine doesn't. The only difference is that I'm on Verizon and shes on AT&T.
- Altotus, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5What Google REALLY needs to do is use it's influence to make the US market more like that of the rest of the world: you go to a shop, buy a phone. Then, you contact a provider, and get service for your phone. No punitive early-cancellation contracts, you know how much the pheon costs, you get real options and real features, and no disabling crap on the phonbe or mucking with the phone software.
You make a GSM world-phone, what's the incentive to partner with a carrier? Sure, people using Verizon, the hold-out non-GSM provider in the states (even Sprint/Nextel uses hybrid iDEN/GSM phones) might be left out -- but only until Verizon switches (it's expensive to be the sole remaining operator of a CDMA network). - stmiller, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I hate the US cell phone dictatorship. As I understand in Europe, you buy the phone you want, and then get the service you want from any provider. And cell phone service providers don't even sell phones.
- deadsQuerl, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Free monthly service - they listen to your phone calls to send even better targeted ads before you check voice messages! The automated system I get on Verizon already eats away at enough of my time, why not get something out of it?
- tech42er, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4AT&T and TMobile are GSM. Verizon is CDMA, and I believe Sprint is, too.
- flyswat, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I have T-mobile and love it, its the best service in my area by far.
- zirconx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I wouldn't condem it so quickly. Everone around here (midwest) that has T-mobile likes it. Verizon and Alltel are great around here, too, but in other parts of the country I've heard they are hated. Maybe the Midwest just has better cell service? :-)
- cjswerve, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5You work at a call center and you have the audacity to call everyone else a moron. Get a real job, LOSER!
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