Google ready to unleash the GPhone

First the Gpod and now the Gphone, seems like everyone is focused on the G-Spot!  Lucky women.

To clarify this: Google is not itself building these phones. They hope to find other companies who produce these "preconstructed" phones.

The device itself is not important.  What is important is what medium the device will use to connect to the internet.  And the answer appears to be Wimax being rolled out by Sprint and Clearwire.

Picture this:  you buy a device similar to the iPhone.  You pay one monthly fee for Wimax service (nationwide wireless high-speed internet access).  Your device will allow you to call any other user over the internet for free (you can already do this today thanks to Skype).  You don't need your cellphone service anymore.  In addition, you can cancel your internet service contract whether it be dial-up, cable, satellite or FIOS.  And you can cancel your landline telephone service.  Oh, and you can cancel your satellite or cable TV.  These will also be available through your wimax internet access.

Who makes money?  First, your wimax provider.  Secondly, eBay - they will charge you a small fee to connect your free Skype calls to the old-fashioned landline network.  But how long will that last?

So how can Google get in on the action?  All they need to do is ensure that the forthcoming wimax devices are "open."  That is, they don't want their software excluded from privately-owned wimax infrastructure.  Perhaps that is why they just teamed up with Sprint . . . .