Google’s $199 phone to compete with the iPhone

[Daz]

The price of the new Google (GOOG) smart phone would put the device head-to-head with Apple’s $199 iPhone (AAPL). The Google phone, which features a touchscreen and is made by Taiwanese manufacturer HTC, faces some stiff competition. The iPhone 3G has generated significant interest among consumers for redefining touch-screen technology, popularizing mobile applications and significantly improving Web navigation on cell phones.
T-Mobile (DT), the first carrier that will run Google’s Android mobile software, will show off the new phone to analysts and reporters on Tuesday in Manhattan. It is expected to hit stores later this fall.


Representatives from Google, HTC and T-Mobile would not comment on the Journal’s report.


Google unveiled features of the Android operating system on an unidentified black HTC handset at a developers conference in London on Wednesday.


The HTC phone is just the first of many Google-powered phones, according to the search giant. For Google to reach its ultimate goal - driving mobile Internet use and, in turn, ads - it will need to get multiple devices in the hands of mainstream consumers. The price will also need to be right, given that companies like Palm and Samsung already offer entry-level smartphones for $100.

source: Fortune

[thepersonthepast]

ITS PRETTY BIG. isn't the viewty ment to be a smart phone.

[Une Jom]

199 us dollars..thats like 130 euros...
not very expensive..i would get one..
hehe

peace!

[danny7yoo]

is it touch screen?

[Habylab]

Hmmm, old topic tastes good! Is that iPhone price pay as you go, because that is a rip off for us British people, if they get it that cheap!

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