With the downturn in the economy not looking to improve anytime soon, Google is looking to expand its market of smart phones by utilizing less expensive handsets.

The Google Android system has been marketed in the T-Mobile G1, and is said to be possibly taken into the Vodafone, Sciphone, and HTC in the very near future. The Android is gaining popularity across the globe, and Google can only improve their system from here.

The brand handset mobile phones of Sony Ericsson and HTC are in the works of adding Android phone models to their lines. The high-end models are said to be released first, but then plan to broaden the market by releasing some cheaper Android versions as well. This will offer an arena of Android users that otherwise would not purchase the high end versions of the Google platform.

HTC is said to be planning release of one or more Google Androids by the summer of 2009. Sony Ericsson is trying simply to stay competitive within the mobile phone industry and a platform like the Android is something that they feel is necessary to offer the public. They too plan to start at the high end of the models they release and also work toward offering the Android in a form to reach a broader market. A summer, 2009 target is in the works for Sony Ericsson as well.

HTC Mobile Phones

Since the release of the Google Android G1 by T-Mobile there has been much anticipation on which model phones Google will show up on next. There has been word of Google Android platform releases on phones in Australia with the Kogan Agora and Agora plus, as well as the Chinese version of the Sciphone Dream 2. These particular versions have had a few problems keeping up with the advanced technology of the Google Android platform. However, so far it appears that there will be a release of a Google Android sometime in April.

If you check out the Vodafone website, you will find that the HTC Magic is planning its launch in April, 2009. It debuted in February in the United Kingdom and plans release across Europe and the United States by the end of April.

The HTC Magic brags of a 3.2 inch touch screen; auto focus with its 3.2 megapixel camera, and innovative mobile internet technology that can only come from the experts of Google. These are just a few of the features in addition to GPS navigation, Bluetooth and triband capabilities.

Anyone familiar with the Google browser and online applications will find navigating the HTC Magic quite easy. The convenience of these web features in mobile, palm of your hand phone is a definite plus.

The technology of this Google Android version allows you to capture life not only with the camera feature, but that of the video feature as well. You now have the capacity for emailing videos immediately to your friends. If you really think your video worthy, you can also post it to YouTube if you like, as this is a Google supported option right from your phone.

The Google Android platform within the HTC Magic includes the Google multi-media capabilities of emailing, search and maps, not to mention the convenient barcode scanner. There are also many other applications and games that you can download in order to truly get the most out of your HTC Magic phone.

You see in this video the features of the Google phone.

The Google phone is not truly a phone but a software or mobile operating system. It is Google’s answer to Microsoft’s Windows Mobile. The Google phone has the advantage of the Google name and reputation of being the dominant online advertiser. Another advantage to what Google brings to the mobile community is the price. Google does not charge phone companies for software licensing.

As with any new endeavor there are bound to be some kinks in Google’s transition from desk top to hand-help devises. However, Google knows its limits and is keeping with its expertise in accessing the wide range of information available on the internet. While the iPhone is its own Apple phone and now the Ophone is Microsoft’s, Google will stick to what it knows and offer the software, rather than go out on a limb get into the hardware of the actual mobile devices.

With allowing themselves to specialize only in the software, they are allowing themselves to develop constantly and improve upon their applications. A current development is that of a web browser that will run on your cell phone. Since Google has reached a pinnacle in online computer services, it only makes sense that they take the next step of advancement to the mobile community.

Google does not have an easy road ahead, as they have other companies such as Apple and Microsoft coming up with new mobile resources. They have challenges in reaching beyond a search engine and website. Many of the big cellular phone companies have worked hard and paid much in order to develop their own mobile internet access. Google will need to be quite influential in moving these companies beyond their own means and loosening their grip on network controls. Google needs to provide something that is more advance beyond the already established mobile functions.

The likelihood of Google making a big impression in transferring its online success to the mobile world is slim from the beginning. To its advantage; however, is the possibility that smaller carriers will revert to Google phone in order to gain a possible competitive advantage. The Google name and reputation could be a positive push for smaller or newer carriers. This in turn may force the larger companies to turn toward the Google phone in order to regain their profitable momentum.

Google allows for the carrier or individual to load the Google operating system they like onto the phones they like. Rather than being an all-in-one gadget, Google is concentrating on what they do best, which is internet search and advertising. In the hardware department Google phone is not yet a competitor for others such as the iphone, but as a mobile service software division, they may have a competitive advantage in some arenas.

Conclusively, Google phone software could be an advantageous program for those individuals who may regularly utilize Google on their computers. Although mobile access is not exactly the same, the high quality and dependability of the Google name will remain.