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Not really a phone per say, but instead, a phone OS with an open development platform for all phone companies to use.

Based on this companies software: http://www.android.com which Google bought at some point.

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gphone/ev...nce-318882.php

They're hoping to make a better phone, ultimately. (And sell a ton of ads and services, of course, along the way.)
•Android, an open system for handset dev, is the first joint project and core product of the alliance.
•There are 34 members of the group, including NVIDIA, Intel, Texas Instruments, Synaptics (haptics!), Marvell, Qualcomm (chips), Motorola, Samsung, TMO, Sprint, LG, HTC, KDDI and DOCOMO from Japan and China Mobile Comm. Corp.