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The positive impact of the Google phone on society is that Google is going to influence the market quite a bit by organizing the open handset alliance(the first complete, open, and free mobile platform) and other open architecture initiatives. Although some are predicting high standards of device security with Android, and the team working on the platform are busy publicizing the high-level architecture that puts security under the remit of the Linux processes rather than VM, that hasn’t stopped anti-virus companies issuing ominous warnings about a spike in cell phone malware once handsets start hitting the market. (Carew 2007) Their concerns are that Android’s Linux-base will more easily facilitate virus authors, but that they’re developing a retail product to help prevent against it.

“The Google Phone platform will enable users to more easily access the Internet and download applications, which is great - but it will also encourage the hacking community to make new and more virulent strains of attacks” (Mills 2007)
The most serious problem in this case is that the technology research for the Google phone is very expensive, therefore before producing it they are testing some applications to the public see their reaction then decide weather it’s worth it to continue with the development of the phone. Making the Google phone is a very big risk for the company.

A possible Google Phone, today the Internet search giant revealed is plans for a move into the mobile world. (Smith, 2007) The bad news is that there is no Google Phone, according to Andy Rubin, the company's director of mobile platforms. The company's good news is that Google does have a plan for mobile--and a far-reaching one at that. The company announced that it is launching Android, a platform for mobile devices that includes an operating system, a user interface, and applications. The system is designed to combat the problems that developers face with mobile phones: that every phone is radically different in terms of its specifications, and applications usually have to be redesigned for each individual model of phone. (Carew 2007)