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Google's Mobile Communications Plans 2006

Google was speculated to enter the mobile market in late 2006 and developed prototypes resembling BlackBerry phones but later added touchscreens to compete with other announced devices like the LG Prada and first iPhone. In 2007, Google filed several patent applications related to mobile telephony, suggesting plans to enter the mobile communication space.

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Google's Mobile Communications Plans 2006

Google was speculated to enter the mobile market in late 2006 and developed prototypes resembling BlackBerry phones but later added touchscreens to compete with other announced devices like the LG Prada and first iPhone. In 2007, Google filed several patent applications related to mobile telephony, suggesting plans to enter the mobile communication space.

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Speculation about Google's intention to enter the mobile communications market continued to

build through December 2006.[30] An earlier prototype codenamed "Sooner" had a closer
resemblance to a BlackBerry phone, with no touchscreen, and a physical, QWERTY keyboard,
but was later re-engineered to support a touchscreen, to compete with other announced devices
such as the 2006 LG Prada and 2007 Apple iPhone.[31][32] In September
2007, InformationWeek covered an Evalueserve study reporting that Google had filed several
patent applications in the area of mobile telephony

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