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.
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There is no Google phone ...
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Google beefs up Android enterprise features
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Brands need continuity in communications
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Google tightening its belt
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Time for Google to take out Sprint
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Google takes stance on mobile SEO:
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'TMN adds Android smartphones to portfolio'
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Handset vendors and makers readying to compete for CDMA handset orders from China Telecom
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Google makes it easier to have Android in the workplace
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Google to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion
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GE confirms the company is talking with potential buyers of appliance park
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Google mobile services 'partly blocked' by China
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Google preparing to steer more telephone traffic
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Google developing 'entertainment device'
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Huawei to design, develop and test handsets for India
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Google unveils its first mobile phone
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The global advertising industry is eager to capitalise on booming use of mobile phones