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Here is one of the first live photos of Google's Android OS in action.

Gizmodo, the source of the photo says that despite the system is still a prototype, it runs light and fast, and that the programming is overall better than Windows Mobile 5.

We'll be able to test the complete version once the first Android-based handsets appear.

According to Lowell McAdam, Verizon Wireless CEO, the company will support and use Google's new Android mobile platform.

If you recall, last week Verizon announced that it will allow any application, any device to access its network, so the use of Android just proves the intentions.

Microsoft are ready release its latest Windows Mobile 6.1 OS, which is already present on the Wi-Fi-enabled Motorola Q9.

Its main improvements include a much more convenient UI, the ability to set your own homepage in Internet Explorer, copy/paste functionality, and threaded SMS system.

Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA are in talks with Google to use its upcoming OS in their future handsets.

The search giant's mobile platform will be inexpensive and easily customizable, so carriers will be able to adapt it to their requirements.

According to Wall Street Journal, Google will announce its new operation system in mid-November and the first handsets to feature it will be available in sometime in 2008.