Google and Verizon in talks for cell phone searches

With Android hitting later this year, you’d think Google would be content with it’s place in the cellular phone market. Apparently they aren’t satisfied with just an OS. A Reuters report shows that Google is in talks with Verizon to use Google as the default search engine for Verizon cell phones.

This probably seems like a small move at first. But, the plan as of now apparently means adding a Google search bar to the homepage of Verizon phones. It’s not clear what that could mean, but if it is the main screen on the phone, it could make for quite a few extra dollars for Verizon when people with data plans accidentally use it. The plan would also have Google and Verizon sharing revenue from search ads when it is used on a Verizon phone.

The only small thing that could be bad with the deal so far is Google want to save the information from cell phone charges. Google wouldn’t use that information against us, though. Will it?

Read [Reuters]