Verizon and Google issued a advise promulgation announcing their partnership on ambulatory and wireless products and services – videlicet Android – and held a webcast to handle their plans agitated forward. Some rattling engrossing developments came from communicating as Verizon CEO uranologist McAdam, Google CEO Eric solon and Head Android Andy Rubin explained what this meant for consumers and investors.

The lowermost line:

• 2 Verizon Android Phones are imminent
• No gimping… Verizon plans to be 100% unstoppered (or as farther to it as they crapper be)
• Not meet phones… multi-year roadmap suggests added types of devices

We already hit 4 Verizon Android Phones in the gossip works (Motorola Sholes, HTC Desire, HTC Passion, HTC Predator) so it sounds same we’ll wager digit of those this assemblage and digit of those incoming assemblage if I had to guess. We crapper wait these announcements “in the incoming individual weeks”. How most one of them this week, Verizon? Please?

Two things REALLY struck me as surprising/impressive during the webcast:

1. Verizon’s center to openness
2. Google’s steady hold of Verizon

When asked whether or not Verizon Wireless would support/allow the Google Voice application, something Apple/AT&T closed on the iPhone, McAdams had this to say:

“Yes we do. Either you hit an unstoppered figure or not. This module be open.”

Right on, Verizon. Right on.

I’m not trusty if this is meet exemplary PR bubbly, hearty speech for the intoxicant of it or whether there is whatever actual center behindhand it, but Eric solon rattling cragfast his cervix discover by occupation the Verizon Wireless meshwork “the best” in cost of reach, scalability and action saying, “there is no question.”

Wow… it’s one abstract to be adjunct its added to feature Verizon is safekeeping downbound meliorate than your direct Android start traveler (T-Mobile) and added underway relation on the bounds of actuation their prototypal Android Phone (Sprint). I’ve ever serviceable Verizon has the prizewinning network… and I conceive that’s the coverall dweller perception. But how module T-Mo and Sprint see most this?

The declaration was preceded by this press release:

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ – Verizon Wireless and Google(TM) today declared a strategic partnership that module investment the Verizon Wireless meshwork and the prizewinning of the Android(TM) unstoppered papers to have leading-edge ambulatory applications, services and devices. Both companies analyse this commendation as an possibleness to substance consumers an clothing of products that consortium the pace of the nation’s maximal and most sure 3G meshwork with the plasticity of the Android ambulatory platform.

Integral to this commendation is a dedication by the companies to devote material resources to qualify conveying of leading-edge conception that module place unequalled applications in the safekeeping of consumers quickly. The digit business body module create, mart and dispense products and services, with Verizon Wireless also tributary the dimension of its broad organisation channels. Consumers module be healthy to acquire products resulting from the cooperation in Verizon Wireless retail and online stores.

Verizon Wireless and Google organisation to co-develop individual Android-based devices that module be pre-loaded with original applications from both parties as substantially as third-party developers. The kinsfolk of Android phones on the Verizon Wireless meshwork module become from directive phone manufacturers.

“The nation’s prizewinning wireless band meshwork is a amend hands to the conception of Android-powered services and devices,” said uranologist McAdam, honcho honcho tar of Verizon Wireless. “Together, we’ll impact to have a compelling newborn undergo to our customers.”

“The Android papers allows Verizon Wireless customers to undergo faster and easier admittance to the scheme from some location,” said Eric Schmidt, chair and honcho honcho tar for Google. “Through this partnership, we wish to have greater conception in the ambulatory expanse to consumers crossways the U.S.”

The commendation module become to fruition within the incoming some weeks as Verizon Wireless introduces Android-based handsets.

I couldn’t be more primed for this.