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New BlackBerry and Android Smartphones Coming to Verizon Wireless

5:15 am on June 15, 2009 | Category: Cell Phones, Mobile Devices, PDAs, Wireless

American cell phone giant, Verizon Wireless, expects to begin offering a number of new smartphones, including touchscreen BlackBerry devices, in the coming months, according to a recent statement by Verizon CEO, Lowell McAdam.

“Over the next six months or so, you will see devices like the Palm Pre and the Cousin on our network from Palm. You will see a second-generation [BlackBerry] Storm. You will see a new device we call the Tour from BlackBerry as well,” McAdam said at the recent Barclays Capital conference in New York City.

McAdam described the Tour as “upscale of any other QWERTY-based devices that we have from BlackBerry today.”

The Verizon CEO also revealed plans to launch some new Motorola devices, as well as products based on Google’s Android operating system. Perhaps this is an indication that Motorola’s forthcoming Android device will be available sooner rather than later…

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