Google Phone Gossip: The Rumors are True
19 December 2009
Google is gearing up to sell its own phone built by HTC. What we’ve heard:
- Google is “dog-fooding” the Nexus One, a.k.a., the Google Phone, and has given it to employees all over the world to test it
- Software: Android 2.1
- Hardware: HTC
- Specs (according to Jason Howell): Cap active touch screen, on screen keyboard only, thin, scroll ball, and animated desktop wallpaper
- Launch date: rumored to be January 2010
- Tweets describe it as “an iPhone on beautifying steroids.“
- Google designed the entire user experience, says the WSJ
- Google will sell the phone online, unlocked
Will the legendary Google phone be the David that slayed the iPhone’s Goliath? And if it is, what will it mean for time management software? Feel free to weigh in below.
For more information, see this compilation of posts from @mashable.
Kevin Crenshaw is a time management expert, business consultant, and executive coach. He is also CEO of Priacta, Inc., a company that helpsyou get an extra two hours out of your day—for life. Follow him on Twitter for regular tips in all these areas.
