G1, Gphone, Tphone – what will you call your Google phone?
Finally the cat is out of the bag, so to speak. Or as Reuters informs us, T-Mobile USA introduces Google-powered phone.
T-Mobile USA, a Deutsche Telekom AG unit, will sell the first phone powered by Google Inc’s Android operating system under the brand name T-Mobile G1, said its partner Amazon.com Inc on Tuesday. The phone, made by Taiwan’s HTC Corp <2498.TW>, is seen as Google’s answer to Apple Inc’s iPhone and is the Web search leader’s biggest push yet in the cell phone market. The G1 phone has a touch-sensitive screen, a computer-like keyboard, Wi-Fi connections and includes most Google applications and services, including Google Maps with StreetView, Gmail and YouTube. The new phone will feature Android Market, where customers can find and download applications to expand and personalize their phone.
The Google phone certainly looks very attractive. However they should have listened to Marty Weintraub. His advice is to Think SEO Before You Name Your New Company! So T-Mobile USA comes up with the name, .. wait for it, .. dah-dah, T-Mobile G1. It’s hardly catchy.
It would appear that Google has decided not to go with a branding strategy here. We will be seeing Google powered phones with all manner of names. For a company that has just released Google Chrome, which encourages us all to search for the name with its Omnisearch box, it is somewhat paradoxical.
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September 23rd, 2008 at 12:49 pm
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September 25th, 2008 at 5:00 am
Definitely GPhone, as it’s the proud product of Google! By the way, this GPhone retail price is $20 cheaper than iPhone $199 price! Hehe, I think the war between GPhone and iPhone is about to begin…
September 26th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
It’s all over in the internet today. The Google Phone is an Android Phone (not the transformer android type).
October 9th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Regardless of the lack of a catchy name, I’m still excited and plan on getting one as soon as it comes out.
October 29th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
I personally wish it would have been called the GOOGLE ANDROID but maybe that is a little too star trek for the average consumer. I still think the iPhone is an excellent product and I’m eager to see if Google will be able to compete.
November 27th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
I think the G1 is a good name but they could have just called it the Google phone and people would’ve known what it was. The android doesn’t really explain what it’s about, but it is a very cool brand. The G1 seems like a nice compromise, but you would think they would’ve come up with something cooler.
December 26th, 2008 at 6:31 am
In the UK its official name is the “T-Mobile G1″. So really its the G1 and as the phone is exclusively available from T-Mobile in the UK, maybe they have just called it T-Mobile G1. G1 seems like a nice and simple name. That’s what it should be called. I will be getting the phone and if it doesn’t meet my expectations, I will be calling it “rubbish”.
February 25th, 2009 at 10:04 am
Soon we’ll see it all around the world and it would be as popular as other applications by Google. I am eager to use it just like iPhone. I hope it would be the coolest OS for mobiles in coming future.
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:25 am
T-Mobile G1 have its own market, just like the iPhone. To be honest, I was not impressed by the phone specs, but hey, it has Android! I’m still waiting for the next google android phone from T-mobile, the T-Mobile G2 a.k.a HTC Dream…