Yahoo expects to ship Version 1.0 of what is called Y!Open, which will include a development environment, a social "activator" and graph, and a single profile for users at an unspecified time later this year.
Although Redmond's foray into retail bears a big resemblance to Apple's approach, Microsoft has added some distinctive features to draw casual PC buyers and techies alike.
Verizon and Motorola are spending big bucks--$100 million--on marketing the new smartphone, and it looks like it will pay off with 1 million devices sold by year's end.
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