New Google Phone A Netbook?

There has been a lot of excited talk about a new Google mobile phone, or cellphone if you prefer, which is due to be released on January 5th. Google have made a big thing about how they will not compete “compete with its customers” by selling direct and when referring to this new release they talk about it as a new Android-powered device rather than a phone. It is said that this will only be available to be bought direct online from Google so unless it is something different from a standard smartphone that would seem to be competition.

There are lots of rumours that they are also planning to release a new google netbook computer my guess is that they are one and the same or they will be in the not too distant future.

It would make a lot of sense. If you have full internet access from a wireless notebook and you carry it around with you all the time, why not use it as a mobile phone device too? With bluetooth you can leave the netbook in your bag while you use it as a phone. Why carry a phone with a limited screen size when you could have a netbook with a nice easy to use size of screen and a computer that would be far more capable than the current generation of smart phones.

It has been interesting to observe how, after years of portable phones getting smaller and smaller they are now getting larger because of the need for a decent screen. Maybe it is time we moved towards something that is between a notebook and a phone as the one device we carry everywhere. Perhaps a smaller netbook with a six or seven inch screen is the answer.

My ideal would be a slim mini netbook with a fold up screen that would slip in a pocket comfortably. Big enough to allow me to use it for computer tasks and small enough to be convenient to use as a mobile phone.

I am, most likely wrong, but what if it turns out the new Google phone is a netbook?

Happy New Year.