Dreaming Of Beetles » Android http://www.latko.org A Misanthropic Anthropoid With Something to Say Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:09:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The “Google Phone” Will Be Free http://www.latko.org/2009/12/18/the-google-phone-will-be-free/ http://www.latko.org/2009/12/18/the-google-phone-will-be-free/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:59:47 +0000 Chris Latko http://www.latko.org/?p=745

androidI wonder why these words haven’t come back to haunt Google. There is much speculation on the “Google Phone” pricing, but nobody has brought up this three year old quote:

Schmidt said on Saturday that as mobile phones become more like handheld computers and consumers spend as much as eight to 10 hours a day talking, texting and using the Web on these devices, advertising becomes a viable form of subsidy.

“Your mobile phone should be free,” Schmidt told Reuters. “It just makes sense that subsidies should increase” as advertising rises on mobile phones.

[via Reuters 11/11/2006]

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