Google Not Building iPhone Killer
03.26.07 - 10:15am
In recent months Google has been rumored to be building a phone that would be in direct competition to Apple’s much hyped iPhone. The rumors have abounded in spite of an apparent partnership between the two companies. However, Google on Friday terminated the rumors as Alan Eustace, senior vice president of engineering and research stated in an interview, “We’re not doing a mobile phone. I’d like to find something that is broader, rather than do yet another mobile device.”
Google instead is working on software to be used in not one but hopefully in many different mobile phones. They are building friendly mobile phone applications that include e-mail, online maps and search engines for on the move web goers.
Piper Jaffray & Co. analyst Gene Munster wrote yesterday that, “We believe Google is working with, not against Apple in the mobile world. Google is probably building mobile applications that will work with the iPhone and other devices.”
Google says that while they will not be building their own mobile phone they will continue to work with companies in the mobile phone market, such as Apple, Motorola Inc, and service providers such as Vodaphone Group Plc.
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