Ad-Supported Phone from Google with free subscription?
Months ago, it was rumored that Google is working with Samsung to design a Google-Phone, but the rumor quickly faded as Google said “no” to any such development. And now, the rumor is running again that they have apparently designed a working prototype of a mobile handset which will bring Google Search and other Google Services to the mobile community.
According to a report from ComputerWorld, Google Phone is supposed to be available by a year. It is also believed that Google is planning offer free subscription by bundling ads with the phone, web browser and other application.
Sounds like a joke to me, but if something like this seriously happens, Google will certainly gain a monopoly over the cellphone market. Having ads filled inside my cellphone might sound unpleasing, but I’d take it.
I wonder why Google is so mad about advertising everywhere. Didn’t they do enough with web, mobile, newspaper and more recently radio advertising? Where do you think Google is heading? Talk through comments.