Great Gadgets: Are You Stoked About the Google Phone?

Whether you consider them a status symbol or a fundamental part of staying connected with the world, cell phones have not only become popular, they’ve become nearly necessary in our increasingly technological society. People love getting their hands on the latest gadgets and we most recently experienced this craze with the Apple iPhone.

Granted, the iPhone may not be the best business tool for a number of reasons — lack of third-party application support, no physical QWERTY keyboard, no 3G connectivity, etc. — but it has been a huge hit in the marketplace because it’s pretty to look at and a lot of folks love everything that Apple produces. The slick interface makes for some great eye candy.

Which leads us to wonder, how excited would people be about getting a Google Phone? There have been rumors floating around for several months now stating that the search engine giant is indeed working on a piece of hardware — there are already some cell phones out there that have been designed to run mobile Google apps — but Google has neither confirmed nor denied these reports. Now we’re hearing that Google may reveal their freshman foray into the cell phone market in as little as two weeks.

What you see above is a concept picture based on e-ink technology, but at this point, that design is probably a pipe dream. Just hop onto Google (ironically enough), search for Google Phone concept pictures and you’ll get an idea of what people are thinking, but until the big G has an official unveiling, it’s all conjecture.