Google Phone in Costa
Rica Next Year?
For cellular junkies,
the G1 or GooglePhone
may be sold in Costa
Rica come next year.
Adolfo Arias, an ICE
official, confirmed that
the state telecom is
negotiating with Google
to have the phones in
service in 2009.
Arias cautioned that the
negotiations are in
their initial stages,
while Alberto Arébalos,
Google communications
director for Latin
America, said that the
arrival of the G1 is all
dependent on ICE.
Arébalos added that
Google does not
determine where and when
the phone will be sold
in Costa Rica and that
Google does not sell the
phones directly, ICE
must negotiate with the
manufacturer, in this
case, Motorola.
The G1 is competition to
Apple's iPhone. It
incudes a touch screen,
GPS, WiFi and bluetooth
among its features and
sells in the US for
about us$200.
It is not sure what the
price will be in Costa
Rica, but if the past is
any indication, it will
be between 3 and 4 times
the US price.
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