G-phone software delayed (The Googlization of Everything)

Google's Mobile-Handset Plans Are Slowed 'Android' Launch Is Being Delayed As Carriers Struggle By JESSICA E. VASCELLARO and AMOL SHARMA June 23, 2008; Page B8
Google Inc. is learning that changing the cellphone industry isn't easy.

The Internet giant and more than 30 partners announced in November a bold plan for a new breed of handsets based on a suite of mobile software called Android. At the time, Google said it planned to have the new phones on the market by the second half of this year.
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A screen image of Google's gWalk application running on the Android cellphone software the company is developing for a new breed of handsets.

Google now says that the handsets won't arrive until the fourth quarter. And some cellular carriers and makers of programs that work with Android are struggling to meet that schedule, people familiar with the situation say. ...

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Posted by Siva Vaidhyanathan, June 24, 2008 10:37 AM

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This blog, the result of a collaboration between myself and the Institute for the Future of the Book, is dedicated to exploring the process of writing a critical interpretation of the actions and intentions behind the cultural behemoth that is Google, Inc. The book will answer three key questions: What does the world look like through the lens of Google?; How is Google's ubiquity affecting the production and dissemination of knowledge?; and how has the corporation altered the rules and practices that govern other companies, institutions, and states? [more]

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