There are product strategies, and then there are product strategies. Apple, for instance, has always gone the high-tech, high-price route. While still wrapped in secrecy, there is an indication that the long-rumored Google phone [1] will take another tack. Google recently bought Jaiku, a Scandinavian holder of important SMS patents and the industry rumor mill now has Google focusing on a low-cost, low-tech strategy [2] for maximum market penetration. How will the Google Phone and Google's 700 MHz plans [3] mesh? We don't know, but it will pay to keep an eye on the search behemoth and its wireless plans.

For more on a possible Google phone strategy:
- read the informed prognostication [4] at NewsFactor