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...

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...

If done right, the Gphone and not the iPhone will be the one to change the face of the wireless industry. Apple’s iPhone, at least in its initial release, has not upended the wireless industry, particularly in the United States, as much as hoped. The iPhone certainly has pushed the cell phone envelope a bit further, and it hints at what’s to come, but so far the iPhone is still playing by the rules. Join discussion...