Which comes first, the iPhone or Google Phone?

Neither chicken or egg, as neither exists yet, despite a staggering amount of rumors regarding the iPhone. But according to GigaOM, the new Google Phone may in fact be in the works. The report says Google2 might be working with HTC and mobile/telecom giant Orange to build a Google Mobile Phone, which could possibly have Google software inside the device. According to the article, Google Phone is a reasonable speculation. Google has been aggressive in developing location based services, has amp-ed up its local search and mapping services. In addition, it has also been mobilizing its applications such as GTalk and GMail. YouTube, the video arm of Google, is beginning to embrace the mobile ecosystem. Check out the full article here.

( via GigaOM )