Google Nixes GPhone: Clarifying Mobile Search’s Value Chain

Peter Norvig, Google’s head of research, recently said that getting into the hardware business with a Google-labeled phone is not a top priority for the search engine giant. This makes strategic sense for a company that has generated billions in revenues and profits by delivering software and services across a broad variety of branded networks and devices. “Open” networks trumps the prospects of branded, proprietary handsets.

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