It’s absolutely no surprise to me that Google’s previously rumored Gphone has found itself to be at the center of more rumors now that Apple 3G iPhone has hit shelves causing all kinds of waves in the mobile marketplace. Techcrunch is reporting that even though Google themselves killed rumors of the supposed Gphone near the end of last year with the announcement of the Open Handset Alliance and the Android OS and a denial of any upcoming mobile phone release this year, co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin apparently made some predictive statements regarding the possibility of Google’s own branded mobile phone at a press conference a couple of days back. Not only is this possibly quite significant, but Techcrunch has also caught wind of another rumor that San Francisco-based Ammunition Design Group which has previously worked with mobile companies such as Palm may be working with Google on a possible Gphone design. Apparently this rumor comes from a reliable source, so we’ll keep you updated as we find out more.
In the meantime though, Mike Arrington and his crew have had some opposition in the form of the phandroid blog. One phandroid writer says while Techcrunch tends to be a reliable source of information, it would make no sense for Google to release their own phone as it would end up competing directly with members of the Open Handset Alliance. phandroid says this would be a stupid move because it would effectively kill any hope of the Android operating system succeeding. By referring to a Google-branded mobile device, phandroid says Google’s co-founders are simply referring to any mobile device running on Android. Definitely a valid point here, but would Arrington really report something he didn’t think with almost absolute surety, was true?
