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- colincornaby, on 11/07/2007, -2/+50Google has already said the carriers will be free to lock down the phones as they please. In other words, Google phones will suck badly on Verizon.
- D3koy, on 11/07/2007, -0/+34I did a Ctrl+F for Sprint, and my heart skipped a beat...We finally get something worthwhile...After years of ***** phones and a ***** network I have something to look forward to in the Cellphone department....
- Mohdoo, on 11/06/2007, -1/+21Been hoping this would be available for Verizon :D :D :D Can't wait. I realize nothing is set in stone yet, but.. I really can't imagine Google failing where Apple has in having it be horribly exclusive.
- TiMMY8765, on 11/07/2007, -1/+13google phone + crappy red UI = failure
- nato64, on 11/06/2007, -1/+13Yay! Another phone OS with Carrier-controlled UI! We all know Verizon's UI is fantastic so this'll be great. The only difference with this OS is that Google is letting the user customize EVERYTHING. That's a wonderful idea that'll really go over very well with the masses. Just look how amazing people design their myspace pages.
- ItsMyWii, on 11/06/2007, -3/+14No pics. Boo.
- phaed, on 11/07/2007, -3/+13Im sure those open source phones are gonna be hard to crack.
/sarcasm - ZeroOrDie, on 11/07/2007, -1/+10T-Mobile, baby! Woo! I can't wait to get my hands on one of these.
- AndrewWiggin, on 11/06/2007, -0/+9People digging down addurobi's comment are digging into Canada for what reason?
- seanc6610, on 11/06/2007, -0/+9Finally Verizon is going somewhere with their phones. They had the most boring phones for a while there, and skated by because of the service quality. But now, with the gPhone, and their new LG handsets coming out in the near future, they might turn out to be a major factor in furthering the development of cool, quality stuff.
- ChromaVita, on 11/06/2007, -3/+12When it's software it's called a screenshot.
- bullsfan03, on 11/13/2007, -10/+18Dugg because i see a Verizon Logo :)
- Mongo61, on 11/06/2007, -1/+9Except the US dollar is worth 93 cents Canadian (as of 11/5/2007). And dropping.
Now who's jealous?
Thanks, W! - Elranzer, on 11/06/2007, -0/+7Verizon does flash their weird BREW-based custom firmware ("Red UI") on all their phones, but for the smartphones (Palm and Windows CE) they have really left the interfaces as-is. If Google's phone counts as a smartphone or PDA-style OS, I'm sure it'll be untouched by Verizon.
- addurobi, on 11/07/2007, -0/+6Well it's true. We get things after they are tested and bug free in countries no one cares about - the US for example.
- NeonElixir, on 11/07/2007, -1/+6I know. I'm psyched. I pray that they don't try to lock it down a bunch.
- xXKobaXx, on 11/06/2007, -3/+8Yeah, umm, Canada isn't a real country eh? The US does trade with us all the time, so the next time you think of Canada as "not a real country", try checking what you get from Canada, and then live without it. Quoting Stephen Colbert, because you are the stereotypical American that makes all the great Americans look bad, "What about Planet America?".
On a side note, Canada will probably get this Google Phone stuff a little while later, just like the iPhone, which is supposed to be coming this holiday season to Canada. - AndrewWiggin, on 11/06/2007, -1/+6You're missing the point. There is no "Gphone." They've announced an OS, an SDK, and a partnership, as I understood. (probably I missed an aspect though, but the point is there is no Gphone in the sense that there is an iPhone.)
- convergent, on 11/06/2007, -1/+6I wasn't entirely sure if you were serious about all of that until i read the last sentence.
- 3210, on 11/06/2007, -0/+4Hopefully it will be a pretty good phone. If it is reasonably priced I'll probably buy one on T-Mobile, because my contract with AT&T will be up by then.
- MotoFly, on 11/06/2007, -1/+5Yes my very own Goophone, er, Android, is nearly within reach!
- skyshock1, on 11/06/2007, -0/+4I think if there was a GPS system integrated w/ Google Maps, that'd be worth it alone. GPS systems are frickin' expensive.
- Hamsterpotpies, on 11/06/2007, -2/+6Time to replace my Motorola E815 from Verizon.
- cstrippie, on 11/06/2007, -1/+5Wow, I thought the sarcasm in that statement to be obvious, but apparently others missed it.
- skyshock1, on 11/06/2007, -2/+6Settle down, Beavis.
- orion846, on 11/06/2007, -0/+4people usually stop paying places and go somewhere else when they hate everything about them, as opposed to continually giving them checks for years - you have nobody to blame for your last few years of crappy cell phone usage besides yourself
- beasty_dave_Mk2, on 11/06/2007, -1/+4envy...
- gquaglia, on 11/06/2007, -0/+3There isn't one yet. Read the ***** article.
- skyshock1, on 11/06/2007, -2/+5Just Verizon?
- TieDNKnotZ, on 11/07/2007, -0/+3good point
- Ukonu, on 11/06/2007, -0/+3I'd love to be able to download the Android SDK and develop my own software ideas than will run on my cell phone but....
The backlash is going to be crazy when the non tech-savvy users get huge bills in the mail because the spyware installed on their Android OS is calling Hong Kong at 2AM and sending hundreds of text messages to Nigeria. - Elranzer, on 11/06/2007, -0/+3Just like Apple.
- dizilbdog, on 11/06/2007, -2/+4Uhm Read the Article VERIZON is not in on the Google Phone. They want nothing to do with it. Verizon In the End is going to have to change there Ways Soon
- RedGreen1, on 11/06/2007, -1/+3T-Mo? Apparently I'm not up on the current lingo.
- Modestexcuse, on 11/06/2007, -0/+2This is wonderful news!! Great job Google and everyones ability to look past both handset and provider barriers.
- MacParrot, on 11/06/2007, -0/+2Yeah, he seems to post this a lot. Apparently it's pretty much all he's ever done.
- ArmandoM, on 11/06/2007, -0/+2Unless you use a camera to take the picture of the thing while it's running the software, then it's a picture.
- jmahorney, on 11/13/2007, -0/+2OMG! I cant believe sprint is finally getting something good. Im blown away! I'm with you Google. Up yours Apple.
- sarge96, on 11/06/2007, -1/+3Go here, and never return.
www.thechurchofgoogle.org - beasty_dave_Mk2, on 11/06/2007, -0/+2no
- Bamborzled, on 11/06/2007, -0/+2You seem to think like a robot (an android to be exact), so lemme put this in a way you'll understand it:
product.popularity != product.quality - addurobi, on 11/06/2007, -2/+4My mommy said they're just jealous.
- mikehill33, on 11/13/2007, -0/+2No fan boi tax with open source! iTards!
- inactive, on 11/06/2007, -0/+2Every carrier sucks the prices are way too high, it should be unlimited minutes for 5 dollars a month until that happens they all suck, right now tmobile is the best but they still all suck. And cheaper phones I'd rather have a cheap phone then an expensive one with stupid gimmicks.
- cstrippie, on 11/06/2007, -0/+2Great vid, but I still gotta bury for the comment spam.
- stockjones, on 11/06/2007, -0/+2The service plans are great! But I want to see the actual phone.
- squegie, on 11/06/2007, -0/+2The E815 is a good phone. Have the same one, also from Verizon. Did Expressnet over bluetooth and all that happy jaz. Dropped it out of my pocket in the rain, ran over it with the car, and got it the next morning when I realized what had happened. The screen was cracked, but the phone still worked like a champ.
- artemster, on 11/07/2007, -0/+1You assume ads are the motivation. You have no proof to back this statement. Capitalization notwithstanding.
- 89vision, on 11/07/2007, -0/+1Two year contracts suck
- revolved, on 11/07/2007, -0/+1Google's "Android" trademark covers software AND hardware:
http://www.trademork.com/android/ -
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