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'Google phone don't have the same cachet as iPhone'
By siliconindia
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Wednesday, 24 September 2008, 16:34 IST
The Google powered T-mobile, the first handset with Google mobile software, which is expected to be priced at $199 is unlikely to debut its top competitor iPhone, says Forrester Research analyst Charles Golvin in San Francisco.
While Apple has sold more than a million of its latest iPhones in the first three days, and 1.39 million of the original devices within three months of their June 2007 debut, analyst predicts Google will sell fewer than 500,000 of the phones.The company, a unit of Bonn, Germany-based Deutsche Telekom AG, will start selling it in the fourth quarter.
The release is expected to spark major competition ahead of the lucrative Christmas shopping season. Google have been very secretive about their first hardware product. It is expected to contain a GPS chip, enabling satellite navigation using Google maps. A large touchscreen with vibrating feedback, WiFi support and a 3.0 megapixel camera are also rumored to be featured.
The phone will run on Google Android, a mobile operating system that integrates with the web giant's products.These are likely to include Gmail, Google Docs, Google Maps, GChat and Google's new web browser, Chrome.