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In this video, you’ll see a “prehistoric-looking prototype handset running Qualcomm’s MSM7201 silicon”, powering Quake. Click more to watch.

While largely steering clear of the limelight, Android managed to make the occasional cameo at CTIA last week, including a prominent presence at Qualcomm. PC Magazine checked out a very fresh build of the platform running on some weird, giant, prehistoric-looking prototype handset running Qualcomm’s MSM7201 silicon, but be cool — the phone certainly won’t see the light of day looking anything like this, and more importantly, it runs Quake at a nice clip

[via Engadget]

According to a company executive, “meetings with the search giant have reassured him that carriers will be able to equip handsets with their own applications, not just Google’s tools.”

“That’s attractive to us. We were concerned that maybe the focus was just on Google apps,” he said. Of course, other than vague pleasantries about the possibilities of the operating system, de la Vega wasn’t concrete about actual Android phones in the pipeline, saying, “If it’s good for customers we’ll offer it like any other OS.”

[via Engadget]