The rumor mill continues to churn regarding Google’s venture into the mobile phone market. We’ve heard it called the GooglePhone, the Google Switch, and the GPhone. There have been rumors of
Google partnerships with Sony,
Nokia, and
Samsung and of carrier releationships with Verizon, Cingular/AT&T, and T-Mobile. As time goes by, the likelihood of some [...]

If you think
Apple’s iPhone
touch screen is just a neat cell phone interface you’re missing the big picture–and possibly three to four years of new products.
That’s the message from UBS analyst Benjamin Reitzes.
According to Reitzes, the
iPhone and its touch screen interface signal the beginning of a multi-year product cycle. The analyst argues [...]

Apple’s iPhone is without a doubt a game-changer for smartphones, whether it actually sells well itself or not.
Smartphones have simply been to clumsy to use to be practical for a wide audience. That all changes with the iPhone, and it doesn’t even have to sell well - nay, doesn’t even have to actually be [...]