Gphone is gone from us?

Into September, the mobile phone industry is most concerned about the GPhone. Earlier on GPhone will launch in the fourth quarter of the speculation has no suspense.

8月18日(Monday), the first GPhone phone was sold in the United States permit, the paper published in the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) website. The phone from Taiwan's HTC production, called "dream" (Dream).

GPhone is a habit referred to, does not mean that Google's mobile phone production, but to install Google software Android research and development of smart phones, also called Android phone.

Access to a sales permit at any time can mean GPhone has been on the market for sale. The Android phone in the United States will be the fourth largest mobile operator T-Mobile's network listed. As early as next month, September, the phone can be met and consumers.

Android phone marks the launch of an ambitious Google to change the pattern of Internet phone plan formally put into effect. Prior to expectations, Android mobile phone market for smart phones and even the entire pattern of the Internet will bring about impact.

Thin version of iPhone

Last year, Apple introduced the iPhone to mobile phones can easily achieve the functions of the computer, which is considered epoch-making products.

From this point of view, the "dream" and similar iPhone. "Dream" has a large touch screen, or even more than iPhone, a similar operation with the iPhone. May 28 this year, in the development of the General Assembly on Google, Google technical director Steve Heluoweizi (Steve Horowitz) Androil demonstration of the software, is used in the production of the prototype, Honda, touch-screen functions and iPhone is very similar.

IPhone and different, "Dream" by the slide design, built-in screen below a full keyboard. iPhone is a shortcoming of typing inconvenient, "dream" in this area has improved.

Honda CEO Yong-Ming Zhou, in a media interview earlier said, iPhone searching for telephone numbers, no HTC to facilitate the production of mobile phones, this feature in the "dream" will be reflected.

On the "dream" time to market, say yes, will be on September 17 Shixiao week, only for T-Mobile users, is priced at just 150 U.S. dollars. The second week, the "dream" to the public sale, according to the different memory, priced at 250 U.S. dollars and 400 U.S. dollars.

And a claim to operate a "dream" the analyst said the official on sale until Thanksgiving Day (November 20) before and after.

This is also a certain basis, FCC documents show that HTC FCC requirements in November 10 shall not be disclosed "dream" of the details. In any event, "dreams" have fit the pre-Christmas shopping season. FCC documents show that Taiwan's HTC in the May 22 put the "dream" submission, testing in the June 2 has been completed, the production time enough.

Analysts said the above, the phone will be pre-installed Google's advertising software and if users choose to receive mobile phone ads, you can lower the price to buy the phone, at the price will be lower. By then, Google will be based on the user's location and send your interest.

FCC approval documents show that "dream" for the length of 115 mm, consistent with the iPhone, 55 mm wide, slightly narrower than the iPhone, which was 61 millimetres, therefore, we guess, "dreams" will be like a thin version of the iPhone .

"Dream" there can be three times the zoom camera, you can connect 3 G, there are Bluetooth.

Google's "dream"

For this Android phone, the parties have placed high hopes.

Google's "search + ads" model, the Internet has been successful, Google wants to copy the successful model on the Internet to mobile phones, but the obstacles encountered in the mobile Internet is torn apart. Android Google hopes to become the basis of all new mobile phones, to promote the Google search in the phone the use of the Internet, continue to generate revenue for.

2007, Google and more than 30 industry enterprises and opening up the phone form alliances, joint research and development Android open source mobile platform. During questioning by many, there have been plans ran aground in the news. "Dream" of the appearance of this alliance is critical to the success.

Android in the first paragraph after the success of mobile phones, other companies have also launched their own "dream." HTC is open to the Google alliance of four mobile phone handset manufacturers one of the other three as Motorola, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics.

"Dream" will be available through T-Mobile, the latter case, the "dream" is also an important opportunity. T-Mobile is Deutsche Telekom's subsidiary in the United States, the United States is the fourth largest mobile operator.

iPhone in the United States through AT & T franchise, the other snatched mobile operator customers. With the "dream", T-Mobile is expected to expand its market share.

T-Mobile's problem is that network than AT & T to many poor, only in Las Vegas and New York, 3 G network of comprehensive coverage.

Catch up with the iPhone

"Dream" of listed Taiwan companies - Honda will be the direct beneficiaries. HTC's own mobile phone brand "HTC" will be playing on the phone. Hongda, in recent years to promote its own brand, introduced the world's first mobile phone Android undoubtedly be greatly enhanced by this point.

HTC of Taiwan's richest man by the daughter of Wang Yung-ching WANG Xue-hong founded in 1997, from smart phones to do the foundry started, Vodafone, Orange, and other global telecom operators and manufacturers such as Samsung mobile phone brand design foundry smart phones.

But from 2006 onwards, HTC started to own-brand mobile phone manufacturers in transition, mainly due to manufacturing enterprises do not directly contact consumers and the public, subject to telecommunications operators and handset manufacturers brand, thinning profits.

In 2006, Honda, to its own brand "HTC" launch "touch" series of mobile phones, initially a success. Five months later, global sales reached 1 million, seven months after the break through 2 million, 11 months after a 3 million.

June 2008, HTC Dopod join hands again with its own brand "HTC" launch "Diamond" (Diamond) phones, two months after the break 1 million.

The launch of Android phone, according to Morgan Stanley's forecast earlier this year, will be delivered 1 million, of its annual pre-eight percent of the phone.

HTC CEO earlier in the media Yong-Ming Zhou said, HTC's goal is to catch up with the iPhone.

According to market research firm IDC published the data, the first quarter of 2008, iPhone smartphone market in the United States occupy a 19.2 percent share of the BlackBerry occupied 44.5 percent of the share. If Google's open mobile alliance plan really change the existing market structure, HTC's dream is not possible.