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http://www.digitaljournal.com/articl..._Mobile_Market

Digital Journal — According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, Google has created a prototype cellphone (GPhone?) and the company plans to give free subscriptions to consumers by bundling ads with its search engine, Web browser apps and Gmail.

Google is staying very quiet on this news, but the WSJ reports the prototype cell is currently being showed to manufacturers and network operators. Reports say Google is trying to learn how to improve tech specs to make the phone a better tool for Web browsing (iPhone anyone?).

"We are partnering with almost all of the carriers and manufacturers to get Google search and other Google applications onto their devices and networks," a Google spokesperson said.

Google has so far refused to deny the report, as rumours have started circulating all over the Internet. In a statement, the company said, "What our users and partners are telling us is that they want Google search and Google applications on mobile, and we are working hard every day to deliver that."

According to the report, Google also envisions a world where its phone service could one day be free to consumers, where subscriptions are subsidized by ad revenue.

Man, wouldn't that be amazing...