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Google: We're not making Android hardware
Google: We're not making Android hardware
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Google's Andy Rubin, head of the company's Android development, would like to clear something up: Google is not in the phone-making business. Don't expect to see Google-developed hardware competing with the Motorola Droid anytime soon. (Credit: Motorola) Last ...
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Motorola DROID headed to Germany as the Motorola MILESTONE
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Just to Clarify: Google Will NOT Release Their Own Hardware [Google]
Gizmodo — ... shows that Google's hardware partners are finally catching on to what makes a phone desirable. As long as the trend keeps up, I'm sure Google will be perfectly happy to let Motorola, HTC and others spread their OS like the sneaky little world-dominating virus it is. [CNET via ...

Just to Clarify: Google Will NOT Release Its Own Hardware [Google]
Gizmodo — ... shows that Google's hardware partners are finally catching on to what makes a phone desirable. As long as the trend keeps up, I'm sure Google will be perfectly happy to let Motorola, HTC and others spread their OS like the sneaky little world-dominating virus it is. [CNET via ...

There Will Be No Google Phone
I4U News — ... released an 'exclusive' article claiming that Google would be coming out with a smartphone before the end of the year. Today we have bad news for those of you who thought this round of Google-phone rumors would end differently than the last. In a talk with CNET , Google VP Andy Rubin stated clearly that his company has no plans for any Android hardware. While Google designed the increasingly popular Android operating system, they've been content to let manufacturers worry about the hardware. Rubin said that it would make no sense for his company to “compete with its ...

Google: We don’t Make Hardware, so don’t expect a GPhone anytime soon
Android Community — ... According to Tom Krazit from CNET, “Google’s Andy Rubin, head of the company’s Android development, would like to clear something up: Google is not in the phone-making business.” So there you have it folks, apparently, Google will not compete with its customers by releasing its own phone. Which many believe is the right path for the company. ...

Andy Rubin says Google won’t make an Android phone of its own
Unwired View — ... Well, according to CNET, Andy Rubin declared the following: “We’re not making hardware. We’re enabling other people to build hardware.” So it looks like, at least for the time being, Google has absolutely no plans to build its own phone. ...

Google Not to Make Own Android Phone?
Mobile Whack — ... issues started. Should we assume that Google is also secretly planning Android phones? Andy Rubin has denied such rumors and we tend to believe him for now? After all, why make an Android phone when you have so many manufacturers making Android phones for you? Instead Google should focus on the software part that brings the magic to Android phones. via cnet Tags: ...

Google say they will not make a Google Smartphone
Phones Review — Apparently Google has now confirmed that they will not be making a rumoured Google smartphone for their Android operating system reports an article over on Cnet. Word has it that Google’s Android project president; Andy Rubin has said it would be unfair for Google to “compete with its customers” and that Google remains dedicated to Android as an OS for hardware makers. Google did have a hand in the design of the original Android handset the T-Mobile G1 specifically the hinge, which reviewers didn’t like and Rubin joked that perhaps that’s ...

Non, Google ne fabriquera pas de téléphones !
Le Journal du Geek — ... Google ne fabriquera pas son propre téléphone. Jamais. La raison ? D’après Rubin, il n’y a aucun intérêt à “entrer en compétition avec ses clients”. “Nous ne faisons pas du harware, nous permettons aux autres d’en faire”. Voilà comment résumer la pensée de notre homme, et du géant de l’internet. Affaire classée donc… via cnet

Andy Rubin: “We’re not making hardware, we’re enabling other people to build hardware”
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — ... make a phone? I said: Google would never, ever, make an Android device. That would hurt their relationships with current vendors, it requires a completely different skill set than what any Google employee currently has, and most importantly it would tarnish the image of Android since all other devices would be compared to Google’s hypothetical ultimate smartphone. Andy Rubin, the guy working at Google who actually heads the Android project, had a few things to tell C|Net: We’re not making hardware ...

Andy Rubin negó los rumores de un posible móvil de Google
Celularis — ... Lo hizo el propio Andy Rubin, arquitecto en jefe de Android, que según CNET dijo lo siguiente: “No estamos haciendo hardware, estamos permitiendo que otra gente construya hardware”. ...

Google Phone rumors resurface. Good or bad for Android?
Android and Me — ... Ten days later, CNET posted a story titled “Google: We’re not making Android hardware” and the rumor slowly faded away. They based their report on a conversation with Andy Rubin, vice president of engineering for Android at Google. ...

G-phone rumor rears its ugly head again
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — ... There's just one problem: Google Android head Andy Rubin, who would know about such a product went on record saying that nothing like this exists just two weeks ago. ...

Google Phone Is ‘Very Real,’ Says TechCrunch
Gadget Lab — ... Really? Just two weeks ago Andy Rubin, head of Google’s Android development, made it crystal clear that Google is not making a phone. ...

Google Phone Is ‘Very Real,’ Says TechCrunch
Wired: Gadget Lab — ... Really? Just two weeks ago Andy Rubin, head of Google’s Android development, made it crystal clear that Google is not making a phone. ...

The Google Phone May Be Data Only, VoIP Driven Device
CrunchGear — Yesterday we wrote about the soon to launch Google Phone, a Google branded Android phone that we believe will hit the market in early 2010. Lots of people are saying there's no way Google will enter the phone market directly and compete with all these handset manufacturers who have bet on Android. Daring Fireball, PC World and IntoMobile are among the doubters. And a lot of people are pointing to a Tom Krazit/CNET article last month that quoted Google's Andy Rubin: "We're not making hardware...We're enabling other people to ...

Google Phone By HTC – Early 2010?
Android Phone Fans — ... Alright we should pause for a minute here. What in the HECK is going on? Didn’t Andy Rubin SPECIFICALLY say that Google was NOT making hardware and would NOT compete with their customers, quoted directly in a CNET article: ...

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