{"id":1779,"date":"2007-10-08T10:59:58","date_gmt":"2007-10-08T14:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathewingram.com\/work\/2007\/10\/08\/google-to-microsoft-game-on\/"},"modified":"2007-10-08T10:59:58","modified_gmt":"2007-10-08T14:59:58","slug":"google-to-microsoft-game-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2007\/10\/08\/google-to-microsoft-game-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Google to Microsoft: Game on"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Times is reporting that<\/a> the much-hyped “Google phone” isn’t going to be a dedicated device, but a mobile Linux-based operating system and suite of software that will run on phones made by others. This is more or less what many Google-watchers expected (including me — I wrote a column about the speculation for the Globe awhile back, which is here<\/a>). <\/p>\n

The idea of Google actually getting into the hardware game never made any sense to me, and still doesn’t. The idea of a compact, cross-platform mobile OS with Google software<\/a> like a free (ad-supported) browser built in, however, makes a huge amount of sense to me. That would pretty much take the war to Microsoft’s doorstep, since it would compete head-on with Windows Mobile — and it’s about time that someone did, since Windows Mobile is still miles away from what it could be. <\/p>\n

If Google’s mobile OS is free, light and fast, it could make a serious dent in the mobile market.<\/p>\n

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The New York Times is reporting that the much-hyped “Google phone” isn’t going to be a dedicated device, but a mobile Linux-based operating system and suite of software that will run on phones made by others. This is more or less what many Google-watchers expected (including me — I wrote a column about the speculation … <\/p>\n

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