Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 4th Aug 2007 00:49 UTC, submitted by irbis
"Google's first mobile phone reportedly will run a Linux operating system on a Texas Instruments "Edge" chipset, and will likely ship to T-Mobile and Orange customers in the Spring of 2008. "GPhone" call minutes and text messages will apparently be funded by mobile advertising, according to reports." The report found at the popular embedded systems Linux news site LinuxDevices.
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"minutes and text messages will apparently be funded by mobile advertising"
but will that mean the usage of teh network is free for teh subscrber?
because lets face it. prduction of the phone is expensive. and assuming they dont in over the 700mhz range they will have to use other companties like T mobile or Orange towers and satelites etc.... the point is i would never have thought that online advertising alone could possibly make a profit for a product like this.
but it is google we are talking about and it seems that they are marketing genuises. i wonder hwo this will all turn out...