Google Phone 2008

Google Inc has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in its cell phone project and is courting U.S. and European mobile operators according to The Wall Street Journal.

Google has also developed prototype phones and talked over technical specifications with manufacturers including LG Electronics, but finally gone with Taiwan�s High Tech Computer (HTC) Corp to design a Linux software based phone for launch in the first quarter of 2008.

HTC have been responsible for a large number of Microsoft Windows powered devices over the years, and make some great speced hardware just pitty the Windows Mobile OS crashes. Sources are saying T-Mobile, owned by Deutsche Telekom, would likely be Google�s U.S. partner with France Telecom�s Orange selling the phones in other markets.

Mobile advertising is still a relatively small market but advertisers and wireless experts expect this to change when Google�s phone launches with the new funding model. Interesting times are coming in 2008.