Gphone coming out soon!

Gphone has been rumored for quite some time now. In fact, it is still one of the hottest rumor in the industry. Many analysts believe that Taiwanese handset manufacturer, HTC, will be the manufacturing partner for Google. HTC is a smartphone specialist and it has created many well-known PDA phones and smartphones, which are usually branded with different carriers. Some of HTC's phones includes T-Mobile Wing, AT&T Tilt II and Cingular 8125, etc. This would also be a good fit if Google wants to have its brand name on the phone.

Moreover, there is still secrecy regarding how the mobile phone would look like. Let's look at some of "Gphone" betas:





In addition, A UBS analyst has already confirmed that 50,000 cell phones running on a Linux operating system will be shipped out by the end of this year. However, these phones will be for the developers only to understand how the operating system and softwares work. And Gphones are likely to be rolled out into the market sometime in 2008.

Google is likely to reveal more details at the Oct. 24 event it hosts for analysts. Until then, let the rumors roll.