By now we all realized Motorola (NYSE: MOT) is super serious when it comes to their support for the Android platform. In that sense, we were not surprised to learn…

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The latest rumor that abounds at the CTIA Wireless 2009 event is that Verizon may cut back the number of cell phone operating systems it supports to 3-4 from 8-9, so that it can improve the time it takes to bring new technologies to customers. Verizon currently utilizes operating systems from Nokia, Microsoft, RIM, Palm, and several manufacturers with lesser known proprietary operating systems.

The company officially mentioned to reporters at the 2009 CTIA Wireless show that it has teamed up with Vodafone and Softbank Corp. to create a single platform for developers to create mobile data applications for cell phones. This seems to point to the fact that the company is looking to create its own application store as well.

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Japan SoftBank today announced availability of new Toshiba 824T phone which will be for sale on September 6th. According to SoftBank’s words, this “lady’s” 1-Seg mobile brings a luscious undertone hiding beneath the razzle-dazzle.

The phone has a large 2.8″ wide screen QVGA LCD, a 1.96 megapixel camera with auto-focus, media player, Digital TV, Bluetooth, microSD memory card, PC site browser and a graphic mail. Measuring 50 x 103 x 17.8 mm and weighing about 112g it provides 180 minutes of talk time and up to 440 hours of standby time.

Users who will want to buy this mobile may choose from 4 color variants which SoftBank will offer: pastel pink, pastel blue, pastel purple and vivid pink. The carrier hasn’t announced the price of this handset yet.

Toshiba 824T

Ericsson announced that it has signed an agreement with a leading Japanese operator, Softbank Mobile, to expand and upgrade its HSPA network in Japan to increase capacity and enable even faster mobile broadband.

Fredrik Alatalo, President, Ericsson Japan says: “We are extremely happy to expand our business with Softbank and to support them in providing high speed mobile broadband in the Japanese market.”

HSPA is the world’s most widely deployed mobile broadband technology and Ericsson will expand it on new and existing base stations in the high traffic areas of Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka.