NYT finally gets around to reading WSJ’s August GPhone story

Posted by John Murrell on October 8th, 2007 at 11:10 am | Categorized as Uncategorized

The New York Times is reporting today that the much-rumored, so-called “GPhone” from Google is not likely to be an actual phone, but a set of software and specifications that Google hopes handset makers and carriers will support in order to extend its advertising magic to the mobile market. Of course, if you read the Aug. 2 Wall Street Journal article headlined “Google Pushes Tailored Phones To Win Lucrative Ad Market,” you already knew that (see “It all depends on what you mean by ‘we,’ and ‘are not doing’ and ‘a mobile phone’ ”).

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2 Responses to “NYT finally gets around to reading WSJ’s August GPhone story”

  1. db says:
    October 9th, 2007 at 9:49 am

    But the Times is the paper of record, correct. So now its official news.

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