HTC may collaborate with Google to launch Google phone

Ask a school going children about Google and to your surprise, he will tell you what Google is all about. In the Internet world, Google is a symbolic name that everybody knows. In one second, I cannot calculate how many people would be browsing Google search engine. Now, Google is launching its own mobile phone called – Google phone.
Many people thought it’s a rumor, but it’s true. Google phone is most probably going to launch in 2008. So, what are the features that you can expect in this phone: G-talk, Gmail, Google Maps, and Google search engine.
It is also in the news that with the collaboration of HTC, Google is launching this phone next year. Will it be like Apple iPhone or something more – just wait and watch till 2008

Apple iPhone and its counterparts

When Apple finally launched the most anticipated iPhone on June 29, millions of Apple consumers were waiting to have a first glance of the phone. The company has incorporated a mobile phone, a music player, and mobile Internet. But, as i heard, Apple rivals are also very much enthusiastic.

Let's compare what's more an Apple iPhone can offer as compared to its counterparts. First of all, lets compare the price. In the same line up Samsung's Ultra thin edition phone, though very much similar in functionality comes in a very low rate as compared to the iPhone. Other Smartphones like Blackberry, which is having a computer keyboard, Palm Inc. phones with mini-keyboard and touch-screen and many other devices are available at a very lower cost.

On the other hand, the new product is not a copycat, Apple CEO Steve Jobs took more than a year in designing and that's the reason why many of the phones in the same line up lack the iPhone's most known feature – a touch screen that enables users to dial calls, view Web pages with a touch of the fingertips.

I think the closest rival to an iPhone is the HTC Touch – a new Smartphone with touch-screen and also comes equipped with Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile software. Another clone to the Apple iPhone is the Nokia N95 – though it lacks a touch-screen feature, but a 5.0 MP digital camera with its unique dual slider design combined with all powerful features – its worth buying it. The N95 also offers GPS navigation system, which is absent in the Apple iPhone.

Another rival for the Apple iPhone is the joint venture of the LG Electronics and Prada. But, none of them can match the glamour of the Apple iPhone.