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Google’s Android takes on Apple

By Chris Nuttall in San Francisco

Published: October 25 2009 22:33 | Last updated: October 25 2009 22:33

The Apple iPhone, which has been setting the bar in touch-screen smartphones, could soon be overtaken by an army of Google-powered handsets.

Android-based phones – handsets that use the open source Google mobile operating system – are on the march as non-iPhone carriers look for a rival to Apple’s device.

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