Google Skunkworks Working on 'X Phone,' Reports WSJ 97
The Wall Street Journal says that Google is not quite content to be just a name printed on certain Android phones, and has set some of the cellphone engineers from Google-owned Motorola Mobility to work on a high-end project known internally as the 'X phone.' The rumored phone, says the article, "is due out sometime next year," and is meant as a technology flagship for Android phones, incorporating more innovative features than typical phones, such as advanced gesture recognition. Some of those features, like a flexible screen, have reportedly already been dropped from the design, though. If the X Phone materializes, a tablet is expected to follow.
Ex Phone (Score:5, Funny)
Just the thing to call your former spouse on
Re:I bet that name sticks (Score:2, Funny)
The Google xPhone.
Shouldn't it be a gPhone (Google), mPhone (Motorola) or aPhone (Android)? I see xPhone being too easy to confuse with "my ex-phone" (previous phone) or "my ex's phone" (previous relationship). Of couse the they could call it the [a-hj-z]Phone.
Could it be?! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:An important ingredient to achieve "Touchdown!" (Score:5, Funny)
Thanks, we were going with the generic ugly slab approach but after reading your comment, we've decided to make it look good.
-- Google xphone team
microSD card (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe in addition to flexible screens, a brain scanner, and antigravity, this Nexus phone will finally feature the latest in high-bandwidth media transfer technology. An unnamed source tells me this wireless technology will take the revolutionary form of a small, fingernail-sized chip that can be easily inserted into and removed from the phone. Many gigabytes of data from the cloud can be stored on the chip and then transfered between the phone and other compatible devices such as phones, tablets, and notebooks. Some media sources have speculated that this pioneering technology may even allow users to access their media when an Internet connection is not available, although experts have cautioned that the technology to implement such a feature will not be available until 2015 at the earliest...
Re:Duh! (Score:5, Funny)
No, it's going to be a self driving phone hooked to a eyeglass case.