Verizon Wireless & Google Announce Partnership Android Phones Expected to Arrive in the Following Weeks

I ll act surprised for a moment and pretend that we were not expecting
this move to come through. Verizonย Wireless and Google have finally
announced that they are willing to work together. Finally! We can expect
new Android phones to be available from Big Red at some point in the
near future. The first one is supposed to be Motorola s Droid,
previously known as Tao, formerly known as Sholes.

And let s not forget that today is a very special day, a day dedicated
to Windows Mobile 6.5, the newest mobile OS coming from Redmond. What
better way to ruin Microsoft s mood than to announce such a partnership.
After all Android has been more and more popular lately and Google s OS
is bound to steal away more and more marketshare from Windows Mobile.

So what exactly does this announced marriage propose? Well it looks like
the �partnership will leverage the Verizon Wireless network and the
best of the Android(TM) open platform to deliver leading-edge mobile
applications, services and devices � so we re definitely interested to
see what mobile phones running Android will be available in Verizon
Wireless stores soon.

What s more interesting is that Verizon Wireless and Google will
co-develop various Android phones which will come pre-loaded with
�innovative applications from both parties as well as third-party
developers. � Shall we assume that Google s Android Market and all the
application available in the store will be available on future Verizon
Wireless Android phones? Or does Verizon has something really different
in mind?

We ll see how this whole partnership will work out really soon. The
Droid from Motorola is expected to be available in Verizon Wireless
stores starting with October 30 and hopefully more phones will follow.
The press release clearly mentioned that Verizon Wireless will bring
Android phones from leading handsets manufacturers. HTC, Samsung and LG
will definitely be more than happy to hear they have 87.7 million new
potential buyers to pitch Android phones to.

What Android phone would you love to see in Sprint s inventory? Not to
be disrespectful to Motorola s Droid but I bet that the leaked HTC
Dragon smartphone, possibly the flagship Android phone of HTC, would
make some of Verizon s subscribers more than happy!