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Google Phone to have Free Phone Service?
Ricardo Trejo
Trusted "sources" are said to the basis for changing the Google Phone 'rumor' status to 'real product'. On top of that it's supposed to run a special version of Android software, or rather the REAL Android that Google has yet to reveal in any of its supported phones.
But why is this phone so special? Well, I guess you could compare it to Apple's iPhone. This will be Google's own personal product, running their own software with the hardware being sold by a third party, which more than likely will be T-Mobile, as reported on in other blogs. This is pretty big for them since they could run their own show, so to speak. No more waiting on Apple's app review process to have one of their products put on display. Now they can just put it on their own platform. And by having that special perk they can do what no other phone service has done before - offer VoIP calling over a data plan.
Not sure exactly how this will be pulled off but my guesses are that you'd buy the phone, then sign a contract for a data plan for the Google Phone, which you can then use to let's say run Google Talk. Which in theory would give you "free" mobile phone service, although there would be limitations, but then again we're talking about Google. I'm pretty sure they're more than capable of taking care of themselves and planning ahead. I'm actually pretty excited to see where this leads.
Estimates put the phone being released as early as January 2010.
[LiveScience via Gizmodo]
