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Back in August we mentioned a deal that was brewing between Google and Verizon Wireless that would see Google’s search being integrated into Verizon phones, and we speculated/hoped that this might increase the chance of seeing an Android Verizon cell phone at some point.  Verizon sits firmly in the LiMo camp, after all.
Well, according to [...]

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Enjoying your new found root access to your T-Mobile G1, are you?  That’s great.  Soak it all in.  We’ll wait.
Ah, you’re back.  Well, thanks to the G1’s over the air (OTA) update model, that root access is going the way of the dinosaurs.  For now, at least.  RC30 is being developed and will be sent [...]

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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has publicly mocked Android at the Telstra Investor’s Day Conference in Sydney, displaying absolutely no understanding of Android or it’s open source model.
Here are some of Mr Ballmer’s choice quotes when questioned about Android;
“They (Google) can hire smart guys, hire smart people, blah-di-blah-di-blah.”
“I don’t really understand their strategy … if I [...]

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