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"Motorola plans to launch a device with Google later this year that will be sold directly to consumers, the same strategy we saw with the Nexus One. \nAccording to TheStreet.com, the move was revealed in a conference call earlier today with Motorola co-CEO Sanjay Jha, who said the to-be-named device would be one of 20 smartphones the company releases this year.  At this point, it\u2019s not clear which carrier, if any, will offer a subsidy on the device.\nThe move doesn\u2019t come as much of a surprise \u2014 when Google debuted the Nexus One with HTC earlier this month, they indicated it wouldn\u2019t be the only phone in which they worked directly with a manufacturer and sold the device direct to consumers via the Web.  \nThat said, Motorola already put significant resources behind a major Android-based phone of its own \u2013 Droid \u2013 and some viewed the Nexus One launch as a smack in the face of Motorola.  But apparently the handset manufacturer is still willing to try Google\u2019s direct-to-consumer approach, even as early Nexus One sales estimates look disappointing."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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