Google-Samsung Take on IPhone With Face-Recognition Security
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Samsung Electronics Co. will begin selling the first mobile phone run on Google Inc.’s new operating system next month, counting on facial-recognition security to help challenge Apple Inc.’s iPhone.
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus, featuring the Ice Cream Sandwich software, also has ‘talk-to-type’ technology, image-editing tools, off-line search for e-mails and support for mobile payments, according to a statement handed to reporters in Hong Kong today. No price was given.