The next Google phone: The Devour

The Verizon Wireless Devour phone, which runs Google's Android operating system.

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US telco Verizon Wireless says the Devour will be its second phone from Motorola to use Google's Android software.

Much like the Motorola Droid, which debuted in the US to much fanfare in November, the Devour has a touch screen that slides away to reveal a keyboard.

The screen is slightly smaller, however. Verizon says the phone will be on sale in March in the US, but it hasn't revealed the cost.

Verizon Wireless has positioned Android phones as its main alternative to US rival AT&T's exclusive iPhone. Motorola, for its part, sees Android-powered smart phones as the way out of a deep multiyear sales slump.

- AP