Seasoned tech pundit Gary Krakow has a real puzzler here. He's claiming that while the Android OS should be ready for launch through a couple manufacturers by the end of the year, an unnamed source has told him that the actual "Gphone" from Google has been delayed into next year. That's great and all, but we thought the whole Gphone buzz was pretty much killed dead when Android got real. Sure, there was that one-off Samsung rumor about a couple Google-branded handsets supposedly due for September, but there was never much followup there. Google itself has never done much hinting at a Google-branded handset, instead choosing to work with Open Handset Alliance in building an OS for everybody. We'll be keeping an eye on this rumor, but obviously if it proves true we won't be seeing anything out of Google until next year -- which basically puts us right where we started. Thanks, Gary. Join discussion...

According to man-about-town, Robert X. Cringely, Samsung is readying not one, but two separate Android-based phones, one of which is due in September, with another model following around Christmas. If you believe what you read (and what his tipster says), these phones will not be labeled Samsung, rather they will be released as Google-branded gPhones. The model released in the Fall will be a "higher-end" model which apparently looks "somewhat like a Blackberry Pearl" but with a screen that flips and "a keyboard for texting" (though to be honest, that description makes little sense, as the Pearl has a keyboard). Join discussion...

Google's Android mobile platform will be demonstrated at Mobile World Congress, formerly 3GSM, on a Texas Instruments-powered handset, according to news reports. TI is one of the many manufacturers backing the linux-based platform and the first to show a working model to the public at the telecommunications trade show. Join discussion...

Remember WhatsOpen.com, the stealth search startup that piqued Google cofounder Sergey Brin's interest last month? Brin was so intrigued he told the founders to keep the company hush-hush. Now, however, a source has leaked screenshots of WhatsOpen's secret project. The company has a Web application which shows users nearby stores and their operating hours -- "what's open." But I'm told by a source that WhatsOpen has also written the first wireless app for Google's new Android operating system. (You may know Android better as the software behind the still-mythical Googlephone.) Demo screenshots after the jump. Join discussion...

Google unveiled its long-awaited wireless plans this morning, announcing an ambitious software strategy intended to make cell phones much cheaper and Web browsing on them much easier. Join discussion...

CNet is reporting that as part of Monday's big press conference, Google will unveil their iPhone killer gPhone OS, tentatively codenamed Android. Sources are calling the OS a "a complete mobile-phone software stack" that will be followed shortly after by a SDK (Translation: this isn't just an ad system and will have more than a bunch of lame web apps). Join discussion...

Previously, we predicted the so-called Google Phone (gPhone) would be nothing more than a bundle of existing Google mobile apps loaded on a standard handset(s). On Friday, the Wall Street Journal seemed to agree with that assertion. Join discussion...

Quoting "inside sources" for the tipoff, TheIndiaStreet says the next Google phone will be built by e28. The smartphone includes WiFi wireless, and the report seems to be particularly impressed by the wording of the e28 web site blurb: Join discussion...

Consumer Electronics Show Tech Tuesday NEWS ARCHIVE HOT TOPICS Video: FOX NEWS FLASH FOX News Election Coverage Celebrity Gossip SECTION MAP SEE MORE - Cybersecurity - Video Gaming - Personal Technology - Patents and Innovation Send news tip to FOXNews.com SUBMIT FOXNEWS.COM HOME > TECHNOLOGY Report: Google to Announce Cell Phone Within Weeks Tuesday, October 30, 2007 E-Mail Print Digg This! del.icio.us More details have come to light about the all-but-certain Google phone. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that the search-engine giant plans a series of announcements over the next two weeks about Google mobile-phone software, which would bundle together most Google applications — search, maps, YouTube, instant-messaging — on a mobile platform. Join discussion...

Rumors of a Google phone, or "Gphone" for short, have circulated since late 2004 and hit a fever pitch over the last few months, according to a handy timeline on the Search Engine Land blog. Join discussion...