Robert X Cringely, better known as US tech journalist Mark Stephens, writes on his blog that Google is planning two Google Phone handsets. Both will reportedly run the Android platform and bear Google’s name. According to the blog post, the handsets will be released later this year and during the first quarter of 2009. One of the rumoured handsets will be a smartphone, Cringely claims, while the other will be a humbler, lower-end offering. Both handsets will reportedly be Wi-Fi-enabled, and will possibly also feature a VoIP application. Samsung has been named as the manufacturer.

A Google press officer however claims that there are no plans for a Google-branded handset, but that the first Android-powered phones are still on course for later this year. Source: Tech.co.uk