The Google and Verizon Phone Collaboration

The new partnership between Google and Verizon should produce some pretty smart devices including the open sourced Android Software-driven Google Phone, PDAs and netbooks.  With Google's stong beliefs in open sourced data and Verison being "America's most reliable wireless network" and a new positive stance on network openness the devices are getting a lot of hype.  The devices are planned to hit stores by the end of the year as well as having more released into 2010.

The partnership came into play because Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam has shown support for Google Voice, an application that would allow users to switch wireless carriers without changing their phone numbers, when other carriers have not.