Comments on: Why Google Wants a Phone

By: sunflower

sunflower — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:34:51 +0000

google is going gr8
now they want everything ..
gud

By: Phreqd

Phreqd — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 02:00:53 +0000

Google has stated that they will not be making a phone and it’s been all rumours. So this whole article is moot. Where do you get your information from? “Richard Kimber, Google’s South-East Asia managing director of sales and operations, says that Google is obviously investing in the software side of things, but that it has no interest in entertering the crowded handset market.”

By: Amit

Amit — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:05:40 +0000

Robb,

Why use the gmail client when Gmail already supports Push through the BlackBerry Internet Service? Google Talk is one of my most used BlackBerry applications too.

By: Robb Dunewood

Robb Dunewood — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:00:51 +0000

Good points Rich, however, I believe that Google is so big that they can be both friend and competitor at the same time. Right now I have 5 free applications from Google on my BlackBerry, three of which I use everyday, Google Talk, Google Search, and GMail. It would make no sense for RIM to prevent me from using these tools simply because Google is making a device.

By: Rich Wagner

Rich Wagner — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:53:30 +0000

I kind of see your point but don’t you think that other phone manufacturers will stop allowing google to run their applications on their phones if they see Google as a competitor?

Google might do better at being the middle man for everyone as compared to just the man on their own device.