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Google Phones Running Behind Schedule

Issues with Android software will delay launch to 4th quarter

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 23, 2008 11:15 AM CDT

(Newser) – It turns out revolutionizing the mobile-phone industry isn’t as easy as Google thought it would be. The first phones to bear the search giant’s much-anticipated Android platform won’t ship until the fourth quarter, the Wall Street Journal reports, because carriers are having... Read full story »

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