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Articles tagged with: Verizon Wireless and android
Verizon says iPhone challenger goes on sale Nov. 6
Verizon Wireless will start selling its answer to the iPhone - the Droid - for $200 next week as the company taps into the growing appetite for smart phones that go far beyond making calls. more
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Verizon's big ad push for Android takes on iPhone
An aggressive TV ad campaign from Verizon Wireless is adding to the support building for a software package from Google that is shaping up to be the most formidable challenge yet to Apple's iPhone. more
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UPDATE - Verizon Wireless, Google to hunker down on phones
Verizon Wireless and Google Inc. are teaming up to tackle the challenge posed by the iPhone, saying they will collaborate closely to create wireless devices that use Google's software. more
Verizon Wireless Announces Support for Android Smartphones
USA based Verizon Wireless has announced that it is to support the Google backed Android smartphone platform and has signed a cooperation agreement with Google for other services. more
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Verizon Wireless to carry Android, Pre phones
Verizon Wireless will introduce phones based on Google's Android software "in the near future," its chief executive said Thursday. more
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Despite Recession - US Smartphone Market Still Growing
According to The NPD Group, consumer sales of smartphones to U.S. consumers represented 23 percent of all handset sales in the fourth quarter (Q4) 2008 compared to just 12 percent in Q4 2007. Led by the release of Apple's iPhone 3G at $199, the average price for a smartphone fell 23 percent from $216 in Q4 2007 to $167 last year. more
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UPDATE: Google Unveils Android Smartphone for T-Mobile
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Google, Tuesday unveiled its first Android-powered smartphone for T-Mobile USA as the Internet giant hopes to shake up the wireless industry. more
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CTIA Wireless Show to Focus on Open Network Opportunities
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- The wireless industry will tout the benefits and business opportunities from open networks at this year's CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment trade show when it starts Wednesday. more
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Mobile Operators Confused About "Open Mobile" Movement
A study of the movement to Open Mobile concludes that carriers are confused about the potential economics of open networks and believe their own myths about having their businesses become "commoditized" and being turned into "dumb pipes." more
Related Tags: google, microsoft, verizon, rim, mobile-internet, oss, open-source, USA
Microsoft faces Pressure from Smartphone OS Alliances
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- With the smartphone world increasingly shifting toward an open operating system model, Microsoft and its Windows Mobile face another obstacle in trying to penetrate the consumer market. more
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