Since Google anounced it’s partnership with LG Electronics it becomes more and more obvious that Google will launch it’s own branded handset in the very near future. The news today on TechCrunch that Google is in acquisition discussions with telephone management startup GrandCentral is just another logical step by Google to enter the ‘mobile connected services’ space the company is already quite present. I mentioned about GrandCentral and The Mobile VoIP-wave coming to us in this article I wrote a couple of months ago for Read/WriteWeb.

The basic idea around GrandCentral is “one phone number for all your phones, for life.” As we change jobs, homes and cell phones, there are a lot of phone numbers to keep track of, and keeping everyone up to date with your most recent phone numbers is a real cost. If you use GrandCentral you can give out a single phone number. What happens when that person calls that number depends on his/her relationship to you, and what you are doing at the time.

While many are focused on the iPhone launch later this week, some other rumours are popping up about Google involved in Apple buyout rumours circulate as iPhone launch nears. In any case, the mobile space becomes more and more strategic and competitive, just look at the brands – we couldn’t even think of being mobile this year – only a few years ago… MySpace, YouTube, eBay, Yahoo!, Google, Apple, Prada, just to name a few… Oh God I love my job :-)

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3 Responses to Google: One Phone Number for Life?

  1. [...] Is Google going to launch a Google-branded handset? A short post asks this question citing Google’s announced partnership with LG Electronics. [...]

  2. [...] Nun lese ich via Rudy bei TechCrunch, dass Google offensichtlich GrandCentral übernehmen will oder es sogar schon getan hat. The basic idea around GrandCentral is one phone number for all your phones, for life. As we change jobs, homes and cell phones, there are a lot of phone numbers to keep track of, and keeping everyone up to date with your most recent phone numbers is a real cost. If you use GrandCentral you can give out a single phone number. What happens when that person calls that number depends on his/her relationship to you, and what you are doing at the time. [...]

  3. Del says:

    If you love the idea of having a single phone number, why do you have several email addresses?

    To avoid spam. To filter professionnal emails from private emails.

    That’s why you need also several phone numbers, several Masque Numbers.
    They are “Kleenex” numbers you can activate and drop whenever you want. Very convenient for eBay, for online dating. Or to publish online, on your forum or MySpace or YouTube.

    You are not disturbed since you choose when people can call you, plus you can see on your phone which Masque Number is calling.

    It works on any phone, in less then 5 minutes, without anything to download. It works on your iPhone, too…

    Yes you have a great job, and so do we.

    - Del

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