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According to MobileCrunch, the Nexus One, which may not have sold incredibly well, but is still regarded as a capable Android unit, is now compatible with AT&T's 3G network. The T-Mobile version of the Nexus One, which worked with AT&T provided you didn't hop on AT&T's network, has gained additional functionality according to a post on Google's Nexus One blog.

The announcement comes as a bit of a surprise given that the Nexus One has yet to clear the FCC and Google made no mention of it whilst heralding
that the Verizon Nexus One was "Coming Soon!".

Apple may be helping with the next step of integrating mobile ads into App Store software for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad in the same way that they might include any other graphical or interface lements into their apps.

According to AppleInsider, a recently posted job listing on the Apple web site is seeking a "Senior Interactive Web Developer" for a
position located in Boston. The position describes the ideal candidate as developing a front-end Web user interface
for "Development of compelling, interactive digital advertising
experiences." The Senior Interactive Developer will "be involved in
client discussions, proof-of-concept coding, working with and adding to
the existing framework, production deliverables and more."

TomTom announced this week that version 1.3 of the TomTom iPhone app has been submitted for consideration to the App Store. The new version will include real-time traffic speed and incident reports, local search powered by Google, as well as some other tweaks and improvements. The update will be free for all previous owners, although we're not sure if TomTom plans to charge for the traffic data.

If Apple needed a reason to pursue HTC on legal grounds, it could be as simple as market share. Per Computerworld, a study by Quantcast, a web analytics firm, has shown the Android as showing spectacular growth in the past few quarters.

While iPhone is clearly the market leader in Web consumption with over four times the share as Android, its nearest competitor, recent trends show that they aren't standing on firm ground.

In the last month the iPhone has lost 3.2% of its marketshare compared with RIM and Android both gaining considerably. The trend seems to be ongoing as Google's phone market has grown 44% over the past quarter and almost doubled over the past year while the iPhone has lost around 5% and 10% of the overall market over those same periods.

Following up on Apple's lawsuit against device maker HTC regarding a matter of 20 patents, Google offered the following statement:

"We are not a party to this lawsuit. However, we stand behind our Android operating system and the partners who have helped us to develop it," said a Google spokesperson in an article over on TechCrunch.

Although it seems a little weird that Google would offer this comment, there is the fact that HTC's devices, including the Nexus One, the Magic/myTouch 3G, the Dream/G1, the Hero and the Droid Eris currently run on Google's Android operating system. Per the popular Nexus One, Google worked closely with HTC to make the device, and is completely in control of selling it.

Google really disappointed us earlier today when they acquired the startup email search client reMail. The app was a fresh new take on how mail could work on the iPhone, and many believed it was far superior to the native mail app on the iPhone. It was innovative and incredibly promising, and Google purchased it and killed it dead.

Based on the way Apple CEO Steve Jobs was supposedly talking about them at an internal town hall meeting a wile ago, you might think Google's relationship with the company might be nearing it's end. If it is, then Google didn't get the memo, or so they would have us believe based on the recent comments from Google's head of the Mobile Engineering team, Vic Gundrota.

There's been talk that since Google and Apple are no longer the pals they once were, Apple might be looking to Bing to replace them as the search engine integrated into Safari and Mobile Safari on the iPhone. A new report alludes that that probably isn't the case, as Google is paying $100 million a year to Apple in shared revenue for the privilege of being the official search engine of Safari.

If you've been following iPhone or Android news sites for more than a week or two, you can probably tell that Apple and Google are no longer joined at the hip like they used to be. Now that the iPhone and Android OS-based handsets are pitted against each other, the two companies now consider themselves to be the competition. Genius: SAT Vocab 2.2 by developer Flash of Genius made mention of Android, but now Apple has asked them to remove the word "Android" from their description.

Back when Apple and Google were still practically joined at the hip, the notion that Google disabled multitouch functionality from the Android OS seemed plausible, albeit totally bogus for Android users. Now Google seems to agree, as their latest over-the-air update has enabled multitouch on all Android devices. Why the sudden change? Good question.