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Why Won't Google Deliver an Apple iPhone Killer?

Even though the consumer electronics industry wants to have some company -- any company deliver an Apple (AAPL) iPhone killer, that company won't be Google (GOOG). Google, on the other hand, has become Apple's Microsoft (MSFT) from the late 1980s. What's that, you say?

Microsoft took the personal computer market by storm by not tightly controlling every piece of hardware and software that was used with its now-ubiquitous Windows operating system. Apple, on the other hard, guaranteed a solid user experience by tying its excellently-designed hardware with only its own operating system software. It's been said that Microsoft, more than any other company, enabled the PC era by not controlling the hardware it's software rode on top of. Google has the same goal in the mobile space, which is where the future of consumer computing is headed.

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Googlephone becomes official: The game changes yet again

Google (GOOG) just keeps on entering and disrupting markets. In its latest salve, the company has announced its intention to make a "Googlephone" available directly to consumers sometime in 2010. The phone, made by Taiwan's HTC, will be billed as Google's own handset and will be sold unlocked and free for use on any carrier (global GSM-type networks from initial indications).

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