Steve Ballmer's claim: Android isn't really free

• New Google Phone service whispers targeted ads?

  'America's Finest [satirical] News Source' details new advertising plans for Google phones

  Sure, it's satirical, but it does raise a valid question: how exactly does Google plan to monetize all of its growing voice and phone services? Maybe the Onion is on to something.

  [Youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtuxax8Dtk4&w=600&h=450]

  The publication has profiled Google before, hilariously detailing their "opt out program," below.

  Seth Weintraub - May 18, 2010 11:42 AM ET
  Posted in: Google phone, The Onion

• Techmate: Google vs. Apple = open vs. closed

  In this episode of Techmate, Jon and Michael compare Apple's (AAPL) closed-system strategy to Google's (GOOG) more open approach.

  Mason Cohn, Producer - Mar 31, 2010 1:04 PM ET
  Posted in: AAPL, Android, Android Market, App Store, Apple, apps, Chrome, Chrome OS, GOOG, Google, Google Android, Google Chrome OS, Google phone, iPad, iPhone, Jon Fortt, Leopard, Michael Copeland, open source, Open vs. Closed, OS X, Snow Leopard, Steve Jobs

• Google phone vs. Apple iPhone

  At the end of two years, the Nexus One will have cost you $500 less than the iPhone

  On the heels of Google's (GOOG) release of the HTC Nexus One -- popularly known as the Google phone -- the folks at BillShrink have done us all a favor.

  They've put out one of their handy charts comparing the specs and total cost of ownership of four popular smartphones:

  Apple's (AAPL) iPhone on AT&T MORE

  Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jan 6, 2010 5:25 AM ET
  Posted in: Apple, Droid, Google phone, HTC, iPhone, Motorola, Nexus One, Palm, Pre

• Google's 'super-duper' phone

  Ben Baer, Senior Producer - Jan 5, 2010 7:14 PM ET
  Posted in: 3G iPhone, Android, Apple iPhone, Google, Google Android, Google phone, Google Voice, HTC, iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS

• Nine ways of looking at a Google phone

  The long-rumored gPhone has surfaced, but no one can agree on what it means

  Google (GOOG) announced on its mobile blog Saturday what dozens of staffers had already leaked: the company has given employees around the world free handsets running its Android mobile operating system. The idea, according to the official report, is to have Google's own people test various advanced features and offer feedback to the company's designers -- a MORE

  Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Dec 13, 2009 7:55 AM ET
  Posted in: Apple, Droid, Google, Google phone, Gphone, iPhone, Microsoft, Motorola, T-Mobile