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Look Out, Apple: Google's Android Gaining Steam

Is Google's Android platform an iPhone-killer? Not yet, but new data shows Verizon Wireless's Google-powered Droid outsold Apple's original iPhone during the first 74 days that each device was on sale.

Is Google's Nexus One Really the One?

At first, the iPhone-killer, Android-running smartphone was the Cliq. Then it was the Droid. Now it's the Nexus One. Each was hailed as the best one yet. Will the rapid-fire emergence of new smartphones anger potential Android devotees?

Android Spells Trouble for iPhone

Google's Android is proving to be the first true competitor to Apple's iPhone in terms of bandwidth consumption and rich application use. If providers such as MetroPCS or Leap Wireless start offering Android-powered smartphones, it could be a big problem for some big players.

Google Phone Rings Up Apple

In the heart of the holiday phone-buying season, AT T handed Google a fabulous present and partner Apple a lump of coal. Both were wrapped in one spectacular network failure, which stranded thousands of the Web's most vocal and demanding iPhone users.

Too Many Android Models?

The quickly rising popularity of cell phones powered by Google's new mobile operating system is making one cohort of the mobile phone ecosystem nervous: Application developers could suffer if they need to keep tweaking code to work with multiple models.