Verizon to Launch Motorola Tao on October 30th, Hero in November

Humberto Saabedra

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This morning Verizon and Google held a joint press conference call announcing a new joint venture between both companies culminating in the release of two new Android devices in the Motorola Tao and the HTC Hero.

The Hero will launch in November while the Motorola Tao will launch on October 30th according to a leaked internal release calendar from last Friday, which correctly listed the release date for the HTC Imagio.

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