The Internet giant Google should launch next year its own mobile phone, according to information disclosed by the Wall Street Journal, citing sources familiar with the matter. Google, which previously offered an operating system used by other manufacturers (HTC, Samsung, LG, Motorola, etc..), And pass to the next level by marketing directly to a smartphone under its brand.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the phone developed internally by Google would name “Nexus One”. It would initially sold directly to consumers, without a carrier partner.
For its part, Google recognizes a hint the existence of such a project. “We recently developed a concept of mobile laboratory that is to say a device combining technological innovation with a partner with a software suite based on Android to test new mobile functionality,” said the Official Google Blog, Mario Queiroz, vice-president at Google. This states that this new technology is being tested by Google employees.
The Wall Street Journal, the partner in question is a Taiwanese manufacturer HTC, which in 2008 was the first to market with smartphones running Google Android.
The rumor is also fueled by photos posted on Twitter, a smartphone with large touch screen, whose design is similar models manufactured by HTC.
The output of a mobile phone Google would attempt to size from Google into the market of mobile telephony and compete with Apple’s iPhone and RIM BlackBerry models.
Google has often said in the past that he did not intend to create its own mobile phone, particularly when presenting Android. The search engine said that Android smartphones are produced by other manufacturers, thus precluding the idea of “Google Phones”.