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| First post Since there aren't any posts here, I'll start. What do you guys think about google making a phone? |
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| Re: First post well sounds to me as a good idea, and google might be onto gPhone |
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| Re: First post I am inclined to think 'what is the point?' and 'why don't they stick to what they do best?' to be honest. The fact that a phone has Google branding makes not one jot of difference to me, I can search Google from my current mobile phone perfectly adequately, thanks. :) |
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| Re: First post happygeek haven't you heard the rumors though? free or cheap smart phone with free service? that sounds very good to me. in fact, they could put out of business all the phone companies. |
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| Re: First post google phone?? for what? googling? :D |
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| Re: First post That's another way of Google peeking into people's privacy. First they "had to know" what do you look for on the net, but now they want to know who are you talking to... CIA will not tolerate this. |
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| Re: First post NO, you're getting it all wrong. Google could care less who you talk to. This another "feature" that google is using to get rich off advertising. This will be a good thing for people who can't afford a phone, or for basically any one that doesn't want to pay for service anymore. |
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| Re: First post Well, I f google comes up with a free service for masses like the once mentioned by TheNNS, then that would be really gr8. |
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| Re: First post I would rather pay money than be spammed by ads on a hourly basis. I imagine that free phone would come with "buy this... buy that..." bombardment. |
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| Re: First post Lol youd get intellisense on your text messages/emails i bet MS should make a phone. It would rock. Blow apple away. They already have the OS. |
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| Re: First post I can already hear it.... Intellisten, a technology that listens to your conversation and cuts in it with advertising messages, regarding the words you spoke. |
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| Re: First post haha :) seriously though, it would be easy for MS to make a phone. I mean, what does the iPhone have? music, web? Win CE has all that + more. |
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| Re: First post Wait for the Surface Computing from Microsoft. Its going to be the next generation technology and apple will no longer to hot. Read full article on my site: http://www.coderewind.com/?categ&view_article=37 |
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| Re: First post You guys are not thinking strait. If google made a phone that was supported by advertising, it would be minimal. Sound advertising would not be part of if because no one would like that. Even if the phone isn't free, the service will be, because google will by the 700MHz broadband spectrum which they'll use and become a phone provider. I agree with binoj_daniel on Surface. It's incredible how they managed to create that amazing technology. It's original and looks very promising. I don't think apple will beat that. jbennet, MS making a phone might not be a good idea. windows ce is buggy and crashes often. |
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| Re: First post Why do we need all these companies making phones?!? I mean we have enough ruddy choice as it is, why do we need more? I happy with my old phone, but this is getting crazy, soon the phones will be like cheaper PDA's, seeing as most of them surf the net and have a calender of sorts, i mean, what is the point? In my opinion they have no purpose, a phone should be for calling and texting, not ruddy checking msn and your e-mail inbox, that is not the purpose the mobile phone was built for. |
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| Re: First post The B.O.D is the worst thing about Microsoft OS. I hate that personally. Its really annoying. |
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| Re: First post In my experience the BSOD isnt MS's falt. 99% of the time tis bad 3rd party drivers. Have never had a vista BSOD yet. |
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| Re: First post well, it doesn't happen on Mac. |
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| Re: First post I have used a mac twice in my life. It crashed twice. First time the little spinny thing just went around forever on startup and the second time it just froze when doing apple update 100% failure rate for me, maybe the macs just dont like me :( |
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| Re: First post Well you have said many bad things about apple in the past, but the iPod's suck in my opinion, that's why i went to creative for my Music player (£30 cheaper for the same amount of storage!) iPods have a huge mark-up price. So if the iPhone does make it to a shelf near me, i am stearing well clear. |
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| Re: First post I don't think that Nokia, Sony-Errikson, Motorola, Vodafone and other phone companies and service providers will be too happy with it. I think that there is going to be a major war between current phone companies and phone-wannabees. |
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| Re: First post So true Chaky, it is going to lead to a full scale price and product war, who can get the lowest price for the newest phone. |
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| Re: First post I got mine free... doesn't get any cheaper than this. I got it from service provider. All I pay is monthly bill. Only bad thing for me is that I signed 2 year contract, so I am obliged to pay until feb 2008. Apple and google will have to do something really radical to take over the market. |
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| Re: First post It could get cheaper, the company pays you to take away the phone! but i just can't see people googling on their phone, i don't need to be permanantly attached to my phone using the net on it, i have a computer for that purpose, in my life it would be pointless. |
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| Re: First post In that case I would "buy" dozens of phones on a daily basis. Googling on the phone... I can do that (but I never do) without buying gadgets from Google. C'mon ppl, it is a search engine, not a fashion statement. |
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| Re: First post you're all missing the point. the point is that google will provide FREE phone service FREE. You can't beat FREE phone service. This is just another opportunity for google to get richer and help people at the same time. |
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| Re: First post Everything is driven by tactical markerting, there is always a catch to free service, No company is so generous to provide free service without an intelligent profit making plan. |
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| Re: First post If it comes to that, there will be a war, in a sense of hostile takeovers and such. They will rather buy Google shares and take over control to stop that free service than to go bankrupt for loosing all of clients. |
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| Re: First post Like the 'free' braodband service that "Talk Talk" introduced in the UK. No catches apparently but the costs were made up else where in the phone bills! Nothing is ever 'Free'. |
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| Re: First post lol i love how BT "unlimited" broadband is a mesasely 1gb per month cap (lol i use that in about an hour) |
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| Re: First post There's a law, atleast in Coatia, that prohibits unloyal competition. Google will never provide free or "free" service here. |
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| Re: First post that exists in most countries. thats how we made MS ship a version of windows with no IE or WMP |
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| Re: First post ok, i hate how you guys say "nothing is really 'free'", because there are a lot of free things. Starting off with linux. Linux is free and many people take advantage of it. Google search engine is free and pretty much everything google makes is free. The way they will be able to provide free service is by obtaining the 700Mhz broadband spectrum which was used for TV in the U.S., but the new law requires everything be transmitted in HD. So if Google obtains this broadband spectrum, they will be able to use it for anything, even phone service. And google will provide this service only in the U.S., not croatia or any part of europe. I think this is a great idea, and if google can make it happen, why not? |
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| Re: First post Sounds utopistic. Any high-ranking government official, that needs to sign the concession on (GSM or TV) frequency will take into consideration 1000s of employees working for real phone companies and the landslide of their customers rushing to google for a free service. They will see that it would mean 1000s of unemployed people in their district/state. You really think that it will ever see the daylight? *shakes his head* |
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| Re: First post if you don't believe me, read it for yourself. http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/...chmidt-go.html http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/...-700mhz-s.html http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3695841 http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/news...09/auction_faq Besides as I've mentioned before, the government won't have use for it any more because signals will be transmitted in HD from 2009 on. Google has also said that the FCC has to agree on google's terms before the auction, and they've already come to an agreement. |
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| Re: First post I truly wish that there are no phone bills, but this reminds me of great Tesla and his attempt to distribute free wireless electric power. |
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| Re: First post In out country the HD/Digital TV signals are using the waveband the current TV uses (one goes off, another comes on) maybe were different because we are PAL |
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| Re: First post > I truly wish that there are no phone bills why would there be any phone bills? if my what I've read is correct, and google buys this, any cellphone will be able to connect and use the phone service. jbennet, there are some HD signals here, but the government wants to eliminate all analog, which is why they're selling it, and just use HD. |
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| Re: First post same, thats what we are doing (whole uk aims to be by 2012) what i was saying was that the way we do it, the HD signals operate on the same frequency as the old analog ones (when the analog goes off, the hd comes on) , whereas you said that in the USA these would go up for sale? |
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