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Google to produce, sell own 'Nexus One' phones-WSJ | Reuters
" * May be on the market as early as 2010
* Potential challenge to carriers, cellphone makers
LOS ANGELES, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Google Inc (GOOG.O) plans to sell its own cellphone direct to consumers as soon as next year, bypassing wireless operators in a rare strategic move, the Wall Street Journal cited sources as saying on Saturday.
Called the Nexus One and made by smartphone maker HTC, the phone will run on the search giant's Android operating system -- around which Motorola (MOT.N) and other cellphone makers have built devices -- and will be sold online, the newspaper cited persons familiar with the matter as saying..."
" * May be on the market as early as 2010
* Potential challenge to carriers, cellphone makers
LOS ANGELES, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Google Inc (GOOG.O) plans to sell its own cellphone direct to consumers as soon as next year, bypassing wireless operators in a rare strategic move, the Wall Street Journal cited sources as saying on Saturday.
Called the Nexus One and made by smartphone maker HTC, the phone will run on the search giant's Android operating system -- around which Motorola (MOT.N) and other cellphone makers have built devices -- and will be sold online, the newspaper cited persons familiar with the matter as saying..."