Google’s first mobile phone will run a Linux operating system (really?) on a Texas Instruments “Edge” chipset, and will likely ship to T-Mobile and Orange customers in the Spring of 2008, according to unconfirmed reports. “GPhone” call minutes and text messages reportedly will be funded by mobile advertising.

News and information of the so-called “GPhone” or “G-Phone” broke quietly about two weeks ago in the island nation of Singapore, where Jennifer Tan of Reuters subsidiary Anian Research filed a report on July 12.

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Google Phone (or Gphone) is the suggested name of a future Google mobile phone or smartphone.

Very little news and info is known now about the Gphone. The domain name www.gphone.com belongs to another company which provides global telephone call back and connectivity services.

Reports from both the BBC and The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) noted that Google wanted “Google search and Google applications on mobile, and it is working hard every day to deliver that.” Further, it’s now believed that Google is “showing the prototype to cellphone manufacturers and network operators as it continues to hone the technical specifications.”

Phoronix has reported that Google is “looking to team up with OpenMoko” for the Gphone. OpenMoko is a project to create a smartphone platform using free software, including the Linux kernel.

Welcome to unofficial Gphone blog news and information center (gphoneblog.info), I will try to post out some interesting info about upcoming (2008 spring?) GPhone and, come back daily for news.