Google's potential mobile presence may be growing a bit larger, as British chip designer ARM is reportedly showing a prototype mobile phone based on Google's Android platform next Monday at the Mobile World Congress wireless show in Barcelona, according to Reuters.
As Google has quickly entered the mobile arms race and has managed to sign a handful of partners for the Open Handset Alliance, gaining even more support for the Android platform is key to Google's success across the board. The more support Google receives towards this end, the better things may be in the long run. Such support could help curb any negative effects that Google may suffer if its loses the bid for the 700MHz wireless spectrum. A loss may be inevitable, as Verizon seems to have plans to step up its bid far beyond a price that Google would be willing to compete with.