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Verizon Embraces Google's Android

Posted by Zonk on from the hard-to-hug-a-robot dept.

An anonymous reader writes "BusinessWeek has up an article on Verizon's decision to fully support Android. After passing on the iPhone, the company says they're going to open their network to more devices, move their network to GSM-based radio technology (LTE), and now support Android. 'In an open-access model, though, Verizon Wireless won't offer the same level of customer service as it does for the roughly 50 phone models featured in its handset lineup. Though the company will insist on testing all phones developed to run on its network in the open-access program, Verizon plans only to ensure the wireless connection is working for customers who buy those devices.'"

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  1. I Feel A Sudden Pain by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 5, Funny

    In all of the diodes down my left side.

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    1. Re:I Feel A Sudden Pain by nacturation · · Score: 4, Funny

      In all of the diodes down my left side. That's the crushing effect of Verizon embracing your android too tightly.
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  2. Verizon Embraces Google's Android by Seumas · · Score: 5, Funny

    Verizon Embraces Google's Android

    Too bad androids are only able to return the gesture of affection with a cold, dead indifference.

  3. Re:A Java-ish success? by Constantine+XVI · · Score: 2, Funny

    Um, Sprint and T-Mobile were two of the founding members of the OHA/Android.

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  4. somebody had to by Atilla · · Score: 4, Funny

    I, for one, fully support our android overlords.

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