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Google (GOOG) threw the wet noodle and it didn't stick. Google announced Friday it plans to pull its Nexus One smartphone from its online store, as soon as its can convince enough retailers to carry the device that has been heavily panned. Earlier this week, Sprint announced it will no longer...

The mobile wars have gone code red as cell-phone maker HTC, a key partner in Google's exploding Android mobile ecosystem, filed a patent lawsuit against iPhone-maker Apple. It comes two months after Apple filed its own patent suit against HTC.

In the heated battle for smartphone supremacy, Google's Android jumped past Apple's iPhone in the first quarter, grabbing the No. 2 spot for smartphone operating systems and pushing its rival to third, according to a market research report released Monday by The NPD Group.

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.

Apple, the high-tech powerhouse behind the iPhone, has sued up-and-coming Taiwan-based handset maker HTC -- which makes Google's Nexus One phone -- for patent infringement. The lawsuit is an incendiary development in the deteriorating relationship between Apple and Google.

After questions from the Federal Communications Commission, Google has lowered its early termination fees for its Nexus One from $350 to $150. Although Google calls it an "equipment recovery fee" for the phone, customers who want to break their two-year contract will still have to pay an early...

Previously we talked about Verizon's pricey $350 early termination fee, but Google's Nexus One may have it beat. That's because both T-Mobile and Google can charge for early cancellation. T-Mobile's ETF is $200 for canceling any time in the first 18 months of its two-year contract. Google can also...