Comments on: More rumors on the Google Phone http://venturebeat.com/2007/03/07/more-rumors-on-the-google-phone/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:55:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: David Scott Lewis http://venturebeat.com/2007/03/07/more-rumors-on-the-google-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-8520 David Scott Lewis Fri, 09 Mar 2007 22:00:52 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/03/07/more-rumors-on-the-google-phone/#comment-8520 A battle between a Google Phone and an Apple iPhone would be fascinating to watch. Since Gmail is already available specifically for mobile devices, it makes sense to bring the entire Google productivity suite to a mobile platform. However, the user experience might be awful unless it's on a device specifically designed for handling their suite. In many ways, this is very similar to RIM's Blackberry. I also trust that Google (or a third party) will deal with the nasty security issues inherent on a mobile platform (sans CDMA due to spread spectrum de facto security). A battle between a Google Phone and an Apple iPhone would be fascinating to watch.

Since Gmail is already available specifically for mobile devices, it makes sense to bring the entire Google productivity suite to a mobile platform.

However, the user experience might be awful unless it’s on a device specifically designed for handling their suite. In many ways, this is very similar to RIM’s Blackberry.

I also trust that Google (or a third party) will deal with the nasty security issues inherent on a mobile platform (sans CDMA due to spread spectrum de facto security).

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