Where’s my GooglePhone?
Google finally announced its long-awaited mobile strategy. Sadly, the strategy does not include a “GooglePhone.” You won’t be able to go to the Google booth in the mall and pick up a Google-branded handset.What is happening is that Google is spearheading the “Open Handset Alliance,” a group of companies participating in a standard for mobile applications. Google’s big contribution to the Alliance is Android, a mobile phone operating system. But the software itself will most likely end up in dozens of phones, under various brands, available on several carriers.