Finally the cat is out of the bag, so to speak. Or as Reuters informs us, T-Mobile USA introduces Google-powered phone.
T-Mobile USA, a Deutsche Telekom AG unit, will sell the first phone powered by Google Inc's Android operating system under the brand name T-Mobile G1, said its partner Amazon.com Inc on Tuesday. The phone, made by Taiwan's HTC Corp <2498.TW>, is seen as Google's answer to Apple Inc's iPhone and is the Web search leader's biggest push yet in the cell phone market. The G1 phone has a touch-sensitive screen, a computer-like keyboard, Wi-Fi connections and includes most Google applications and services, including Google Maps with StreetView, Gmail and YouTube. The new phone will feature Android Market, where customers can find and download applications to expand and personalize their phone.
The Google phone certainly looks very attractive. However they should have listened to Marty Weintraub. His advice is to Think SEO Before You Name Your New Company! So T-Mobile USA comes up with the name, .. wait for it, .. dah-dah, T-Mobile G1. It's hardly catchy.
It would appear that Google has decided not to go with a branding strategy here. We will be seeing Google powered phones with all manner of names. For a company that has just released Google Chrome, which encourages us all to search for the name with its Omnisearch box, it is somewhat paradoxical.
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