Google Preps its Own Phone

[Moritz Dispatch]

Exclusive: Google Plans Its Own Android Phone

Scott Moritz
10/20/09 - 10:59 AM EDT

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Move over Apple, Research In Motion and
Motorola, Google is jumping into the smartphone market with a Android
phone of its own.

In what is likely to be seen as disruptive to the wireless status quo,
Google is working with a smartphone manufacturer to have a Google-
branded phone available this year through retailers and not through
telcos, according to Northeast Securities analyst Ashok Kumar, who has
talked to Google's design partners about the plan.

The move would fulfill Google's pledge to bring a new generation of
open-standard mobile Internet devices to consumers. By bypassing the
carriers, who keep tight controls over the features and applications
that are allowed on phones, Google will presumably offer a device that
lets users determine the functions.


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