Android gets a slap in the face.

Verizon Wireless has announced that it will be using LiMo for future operating system rather than Google’s Android platform. The US telco has a seat on the LiMo Foundation and is set to become a core member of the consortium. The group, which includes Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic Mobile Communications, Samsung and Vodafone, was set up to create and open, Linux based OS for the mobile industry.

This news is a slap in the face for Google, whose Android platform has failed to get much support, despite initial interest. Could Android be squeezed out of the market? Analysts claim think so. The mobile market is currently dominated by Symbian and Microsoft but Linux is gaining supporters fast.

So, bad news for Google but good news for Linux as a whole.

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