Rumors Brewing - 50,000 Gphones shipping out

Last week a Wall Street analyst reported that Google’s shares would crack $700 with plans to make its own phone. Most, however, suspect that Google is making a mobile operating system that could work on any mobile device. This isn’t the first time that HTC has been mentioned as a possible manufacturer of the Google phone, but none have nailed concrete details. Should the HTC/Google partnership turn out to be true, consumers can expect their Gphones sometime in 2008.

HTC is a likely manufacturing partner for Google. The Taiwanese company is a smartphone specialist and, as a semi-white label supplier, keeps a low profile by making phones branded by carriers, such as the T-Mobile Dash and the Cingular 8125. That could bode well for Google if it’s interested in slapping its own brand on a cell phone.