Google In Talks With Verizon About Gphone

Boston (dbTechno) - According to reports Google is currently in talks with Verizon as well as other companies such as Sprint as they are trying to sell Verizon on the idea of the Google phone software called Gphone.

Google, according to the Wall Street Journal, is in “serious discussions” with Verizon to put the Gphone software on Verizon phones.

It was rumored for quite some time that Google was actually working on a mobile phone which would compete with the Apple iPhone. This was later revealed though to not be the case as the Google Gphone is more of an operating system and software package than anything else. Gphone compiles many Google services into the mobile front such as YouTube, Gmail, Google Search, and Google Maps.

Asian cell phone makers HTC and LG Electronics will be the first two handset makers to use the Google Gphone software.

Many believe though that Google is going to have a very tough time getting Verizon to buy into the idea of an open platform, which the Gphone software is.

T-Mobile USA is rumored to be the first to sign on with Google for the Gphone software. Verizon Wireless and Sprint are both expected to be in serious talks. Verizon is currently the next target Google wants to try to sell the Gphone idea to.