The rumors of a "Google phone" resurfaced last week when analyst Ashok Kumar reported speaking to Google partners who claimed a Google-branded phone was coming in 2010.
It appears to not be true, however. Says Andy Rubin, Google senior director for Mobile Platforms, via Cnet: “We’re not making hardware. We’re enabling other people to build hardware.”
Rubin also said the move to hardware would be a strong "fundamental shift" away from their current business model, a move the company is not ready to make at this point.
With over a dozen Android phones released or announced already, why would Google need their own branded phone?
Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 1 Nov 2009 14:49
