Pssst, here’s the latest Google rumor: A UBS analyst has confirmed that Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC will ship about 50,000 cell phones (Gphones)running on a mobile operating system made by the Mountain View, Calif.-based search giant by the end of this year. Join discussion...

hough some believe that Google is building a full-featured Gphone to rival Windows Mobile, there is speculation that the GPhone may actually be a lot simpler. A report from USA Today says Google is aiming to keep pricing low with low-tech phones equipped with something called a "Gbutton." Join discussion...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 9 (AP) — Google said Tuesday that it had bought the Finnish start-up Jaiku, which makes a mobile phone application people can use to send short messages about where they are and what they are doing. Join discussion...

A move into the hardware business would be a huge shift for the Internet search giant - and promises to turn the cell phone industry on its head. Fortune's Michal Lev-Ram reports. Join discussion...

Google has a penchant for taking services that had been paid and offering them free, often supported by advertising. So as the company moves to enter the cellphone software business, there is a natural question of whether it will be able to subsidize the cost of wireless service. Join discussion...

Welcome to an action-packed edition of Take 5, a regular feature where we at Over The Air ask an industry insider five questions about their company and the mobile business market as a whole. This week we focus on the gPhone. Our guest is Scott Rockfeld, group marketing manager at Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT). Join discussion...

Everyone in the technologically-geared blogosphere is clamoring over the possibility of a Google Phone. We've seen unauthorized concept renderings and rumors up the wazoo, but for the most part, it's been conjecture and supposedly leaked information. To get at the truth, we go to the horse's mouth and it turns out that Google has officially "assured everyone that it will definitely launch its own-brand handset." Join discussion...

nyone still speculating that Google is going to launch its own mobile phone will surely draw further inspiration from the company's latest acquisition - a social-networking site (SNS) designed exclusively for mobile members. Join discussion...

Who's going to actually make the long-awaited Google phone? Not Google, of course: The big brains at the Googleplex know better than to turn that company into a manufacturer. Brian Caulfield at Forbes.com thinks he knows, though: He figures Taiwanese manufacturer HTC will be producing the handsets. Join discussion...

An analysis of Google's worldwide patent portfolio shows the search giant's filings include not only mobile-phone tech, but also video games and TV. Join discussion...