Is Google working on a mobile phone?
If companies like Apple Inc. or even Italian fashion designer Prada SpA can design a mobile phone, why not Google Inc.?
Rumors have been circulating in blogosphere for some time about the U.S. search-engine giant studying the possibility of designing its own phone. A recent job opening posted on the Google Web site appears to confirm the company may now be tinkering with more than just an idea but with some real hardware in its engineering labs.
"Google is experimenting with a few wireless communications systems including some completely novel concepts," according to the Web-site recruitment text. "We are building a small team of top-notch Logic Designers and Analog Designers aimed at nothing less than making the entire world's information accessible from anywhere for free."
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