Google Phone, Android Software Coming Today

The wait is almost over: This morning in New York, Google (GOOG) and T-Mobile will unveil the first Google Android-powered 'GPhone', which should probably go on sale in a few weeks for around $200. We'll be live blogging the event starting around 10:30 a.m. ET; check back for the latest.

We already know what Google's first Android-powered smartphone looks like, and we've got a good handle on some of its basic features, like a touchscreen, big QWERTY keyboard, fast 3G Internet connection (where available), etc. But like Apple's (AAPL) iPhone, the Gphone's software is going to be as important -- if not more important -- than the gadget itself. So in addition to the stuff we've already seen, like a nifty Google Maps app, here's what we're hoping Google has in store:

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Comments

[KillTheMessenger]

Not a total beauty, but not an awfully looking phone, either. A bit of a brick in comparison to an iPhone. I would have to see the keyboard to decide if the mechanical keys are worth the form factor. The open source aspect makes it worthwhile for the geek to look at, although I would prefer a slightly more elegant hardware implementation. If that's in the cards at the moment, that is. Performance comes at a price and it is to be seen how much overhead the framework introduces.

Does anybody have a link to hardware details and benchmarks? Just curious.

[dogsandwoods]

Please consider this: Why doesn't Congress pay the mortgage for each American for three months?
How could anyone think it sane to give money to the financial institutions that drove themselves to ruin? Why not help the people that are caught up in the vortex of the irresponsible financial leaders?
The top officers at each of the financial institutions in question should be escorted out of the door by security. Security can take their car keys to them in the parking lot. Their personal belongings will be mailed to them. No severance package, no exit bonus, no matter what is in writing.
That is what the average American has experienced when their employer has been bought out by one of these companies. If they can dish out that out to a hard working American due to "down-sizing", then that should be what they receive for cheating their employer.
After they are escorted out, and given no further funds, they are then eligible for unemployment. In Michigan , that's around $360 per week. If we can live on that, then they can live on that...at least until they are prosecuted for their criminal behavior. Then they won't have to worry about money.

Employed until October 31st,
Anne-Marie Feikema

[fleaba]

Anne-Marie,
I'm right there with you. Post this where it counts.
Slowly becoming unemployed as a recruiter in the commercial construction industry.

[KillTheMessenger]

Ann-Marie,

I am sorry about your personal distress, but this is supposed to be about Google software. You might elicit better responses if you post it under the news and opinions that deal with the mortgage crisis.

Having said that, the mortgage crisis is just another symptom of a larger problem: Americans can not control their needs to live beyond their means. Sadly, the political system and the financial systems cater to that and there are no twelve-step program in place for a country of addicts.

You could hang the bankers from the next tree today and tomorrow you would still see a new generation of Americans use their credit cards for the first time in their lives and think accumulating debt was a sign of being an adult.

It might very well take a full meltdown to teach the average guy and gal on the street that nothing will change unless THEY change their behavior.

[roninracer]

She's just upset that with things the way they are now, she can't get one of those google phones.
Heck I'm mad at that too. :)

But she does have a point.