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Motorola unveils Android-powered landline phone, lacks Skype or Google's app store

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At this year’s CeBit, Motorola showed off a cordless landline telephone running Google’s Android operating system, asĀ reported by Engadget earlier this month. Known as the HS1001, the device is built by Binatone, and is expected to ship in the third quarter of this year with a price tag of $150. The hardware sports a 2.8″ touch screen and loud-speaker. And as you’d expect, the handset uses DECT technology, but surprisingly, it also has WiFi.

The phone won’t carry the Android market place, however, or even have Skype installed, though you’ll still be able to access email and browse the web just as with any other Android phone.

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