UBS analyst Benjamin Schachter relays word from his colleague in Taiwan, fellow UBS analyst Arthur Hseih, that Google will be shipping approximately 50,000 GPhones on HTC hardware by the end of the year. The only catch is that these are apparently reserved for software developers.
“These initial phones are not going to be for sale,” Benjamin [...]

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We have a grip of GrandCentral invitations for all of you readers out there! GrandCentral is a free (during beta, at least) service for attaching multiple devices to the same phone number, along with a killer voicemail system. I’m not going to go into detail in this post, but it’s worth mentioning that GrandCentral is [...]

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Search Engine Land has been running a great GPhone timeline covering important events relating to Google’s various inroads to the phone industry. Sadly, –as of this writing– the timeline hasn’t been updated past August 28th, 2007. Still, it’s definitely a fantastic primer for anyone making attempt to catch up on what’s happened so far.

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As with most Google acquisitions and product launches, registration for Jaiku is now by invite-only. Luckily, I signed up for Jaiku right after the initial launch of the service back in early April of this year. Right now we have 10 invites available for anyone who requests one in the comments. First post, first serve. So hurry while they still last!

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Hopefully this week’s string of leaks and rumors will continue throughout the. Some reports say Google will make a major announcement regarding the GPhone after Labor day (which was 3 days ago).

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A few days ago the Boston Globe sent a reporter to Google’s offices in Cambridge to dig some dirt on the Google phone. Sadly, there isn’t any new information about the GPhone in the Globe’s video report. However, the accompanying article has a handful of interesting tidbits:
One entrepreneur who has seen the Google phone [...]

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Here’s a quick snip from Reuters regarding Google’s recent increase in mobile usage:
Google Inc. has seen a spike in usage of its mobile services since May, partly offsetting the traditional summer slump in computer-based Web surfing for the first time, an executive said on Wednesday.
“We are seeing more and more mobile activity,” Marissa Mayer, [...]

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434 unfortunate GrandCentral users have received email notices that their phone numbers will change this week. It’s a shame because one of the oft-touted niceties of GC is the ability to use the same phone number for life. If you remember, Google announced their acquisition of GrandCentral just last month. [...]

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