Google and Yahoo are making deals with carriers and handheld equipment manufacturers to bundle search capabilities and email clients into a new generation of mobile handsets. Their push into handsets--a push that will likely be followed by other portals and online application sites--is a recognition that mobile phones are a serious application platform for a growing number of consumers and businesses. Google's deal with Samsung and Yahoo's with Motorola may not influence your choice of handset or carrier, but they are likely early entries in the race to bundle applications with handsets, and a major step toward a wider view of handsets as serious application platforms.

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