Google drops Schmidt for Elop, Android for WinPho 7 • The Register

APRIL FOOL!?

Google drops Schmidt for Elop, Android for WinPho 7 • The Register:

Posted in Mobile, 1st April 2011 18:52 GMT

"Google . . . will abandon work on its Android mobile operating and join Nokia in backing Windows Phone 7. 'The superiority of the unified simplicity of Windows Phone 7 over the fragmented mess that Android has become is abundantly evident,' said the soon-to-be-ex-CEO Eric Schmidt . . ."

Note:"April Fool" is a UK folk custom, when lies can be told before 12 noon. Since this wasn't posted until nearly seven hours later, it might just be true!

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