Verizon to sell 2 Google phones this year
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless said on Tuesday it will sell two mobile phones with Google Inc's Android operating system this year, part of a partnership that could boost Google's efforts to challenge Apple Inc in the fast-growing smartphone market.In a conference call on Tuesday, Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam said the partnership could result in the introduction of multiple co-developed Internet connected devices per year going forward.
The first Android phones from Verizon Wireless, a venture of Verizon Communications Inc and Vodafone Group Plc, will support the Google Voice software application which allows consumers to make low-priced international calls and which Apple has yet to approve for its iPhone. More...
10-06-2009 10:35
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