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Report: Google-Branded Phone 'Absolutely' On The Way

Citing unnamed sources, TechCrunch says it can "absolutely" confirm that Google is building its own branded phone, which it plans to sell directly and through retailers. The software giant was long planning to have the phone ready for the holidays, but it has now slipped to early 2010, according to TechCrunch. The phone will be produced by a major phone manufacturer, but will only have Google branding.

What's more, there won't be any negotiation or compromise over the phone's design of features, as "Google is dictating every last piece of it." No splintering of the Android OS that makes some applications unusable. "Like the iPhone for Apple, this phone will be Google's pure vision of what a phone should be." HTC, a Taiwanese company, is rumored to be building the new Google phone, but TechCrunch thinks the information is incorrect. Rather, it has some "fairly good information" that suggests Google is working with a Korean phone manufacturer on the Google phone -- LG or Samsung.

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