Get ready for the next bout of xPhone madness. A HTC insider sent us a tip this weekend about an upcoming gPhone coming out of Taiwan that should launch Q1 2008. Google is currently assessing over twenty HTC models and refining its final handset design and will create a special version of Google Maps, compatible with built-in GPS, and compatibility with Gmail and the calendar app. There is also some talk that Samsung will be releasing gPhone handsets as well, but that has not been confirmed.
GoogleMaps+GPSにGmail+カレンダー…これだけでも凄いのに…
One extremely interesting point? Google Talk will become a part of the phone, adding VoIP capability to the hardware.
GoogleTalk(VoIPサポート)まで付いてしまうのではないか?と噂。
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The software should be like Yahoo! Mobile, a similar application that leverage’s Yahoo’s mail and search solutions for handsets. However, that Google is going ahead with an actual hardware launch and may be using its own OS — the tipster mentioned WinMo 6 but there is a better chance that they will be using a Linux-based OS — and hardware is quite a shocker. More as this develops.
OSはLinuxベースかWindowMobile6あたりという噂。まー日本に入ってくるのはまず無いのかもしれませんが、こんな状況だと日本のメーカーもオチオチしていられないのではないでしょうか?
http://crunchgear.com/2007/08/27/cg-exclusive-htc-insider-confirms-existence-of-the-google-phone/
ちなみにドコモでWindowsMobile6を搭載したのは…
NTTドコモは30日、Windows Mobile 6を搭載したスマートフォンタイプのFOMA携帯電話「F1100」(富士通製)および同「HT1100」(HTC製)を発表した。2007年度第4四半期(2008年1月~3月)に発売する予定。
FとHT。GooglePhone開発はHTC社。これはもしかするともしかして…?GooglePhoneはWindowsMobile6っぽくないかな?
