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It hasn’t been a year since Google and HTC unveiled the G1, the first smartphone to use the Android operating system. But back in late 2008, many of us thought that the Android OS would sweep through the smartphone market. We imagined dozens of phones spread across all the major carriers. But that hasn’t happened yet.
In case you didn’t hear the scuttlebutt, on Monday BusinessWeek reported that Verizon and Apple had entered talks regarding a potential partnership. The goal of this alliance? To develop two new gadgets for the market. According to the article, one of these devices is a cell phone device that many are now calling the “iPhone lite.” The second device is the rumored tablet people have been buzzing about for the last few weeks.
They’re Rolling Out 4G? I’m Already, Like, a Whole G Behind!
by Chris Pollette | February 18, 2009
Apparently there are at least two American wireless carriers planning on launching fourth-generation wireless broadband networks: Verizon in 2010 and AT&T in 2011. And here I am, still making calls with my dumbphone.
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