Google phone - phone for everyone or control over everyone?

    Google phone

    The device that you see in the picture is nothing other than the alleged “Google phone”, aka “Gphone”, aka Google Phone. The picture shows the device of the Chinese manufacturer E28 , which, according to The india street website, will become the manufacturer of the hardware part of the phone from Google. Earlier, there were rumors that Google will create its phone on the basis of Taiwanese HTC devices or Korean Samsung or LG.


    In fact, the choice of the manufacturer of the “box" of the phone is a secondary matter. And that Taiwan, that China, and South Korea - one region. If you take an objective picture, it becomes clear that Google plans to “take its own” far from the design of the device. The choice of the manufacturer of the phone is dictated by its price and the possibility of mass production of the device. China is ideal for creating a huge number of not expensive, but rather high-quality devices.

    Next, we read the very grounded rumors about the “Gphone”:

    Most sources agree that the manufactured phone will have a price of about $ 100 and at the same time have a touch screen. Most likely, this figure is reliable, and became known thanks to the "leak". The journalist rizzn.com suggested that the low price of the device is due to the presence of an analogue of Google Ads technology, which can be found everywhere on the Internet. His analytics look convincing, because Eric Schmidt, Google’s CEO, said he would be ready to release free phones if people would like to watch ads. The source added that Gphone will be compatible with the Google Talk service and will allow you to make free calls anywhere in the world. In addition, the built-in GPS device will use some kind of “special version” of Google Maps, probably adapted for mobile use, which looks logical. Also reported on compatibility with the GMail service
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    Choosing e28 as the Gphone manufacturer and Linux software provider is an ingenious move that will certainly trump the popularity of the iPhone. Imagine a phone that makes calls using a low cost VOIP system on cellular networks and WIFI while seamlessly integrating data across diverse technology platforms. Add to that an open platform that will allow any programmer to develop add-on applications (see Facebook) and you have the makings of a revolution in Mobile technology.
    The india street

    That is, the main, expected, advantages of the phone from Google are the price (compare $ 100 for the “Gphone” and $ 500 for the “Iphone” at the beginning of sales), the integration of Voip and GPS in one device (It seems that Google has plans to put the whole world on cheap VoIP telephony), openness of the system (the operating system will be based on Linux), integration with all network technologies of Google, and additionally, in every, so cheap phone, Wi-Fi + GPS (“Google maps” of course) in every phone.

    A good set, isn't it, you can say, really revolutionary. And if Google begins to distribute phones for free, earning thanks to the built-in AdSense system, then this will be a huge blow to the existing mobile telephony market, essentially a complete revolution, as well as a revolution in the market for marketing goods and services.

    With such a phone and a set of services, Google will soon be able to take a leading position in the market, become a global telecommunications operator. Everything would be fine, but only obsessive thoughts about the ubiquitous control of the "big brother" climb into my head. Someone considers rumors that Google collects an extensive dossier for each of its users and cooperates with US intelligence agencies with paranoia, someone takes them seriously.
    But the fact that the creation of such a telephone (VoIP telephony, software integrated with Google’s network services) will give the Company the potential for total control over millions of users of the new super-device to challenge is extremely difficult.

    In fact, the only question is whether Google uses this opportunity.

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