X-Phone

One of the biggest announcements at Google I/O is likely to be the introduction of the long-awaited Google X Phone, rumored to be manufactured by Motorola Mobility and scheduled to launch in the second half of 2013. How could the Google X Phone affect Google's relationship with leading Android smartphone makers?

Google's Motorola Mobility unit its reportedly working on what is widely believed to be the division's rumored X-Phone, an advanced Android device. But before there was the X-Phone, there was the Droid and the franchise it spawned.

Google's Motorola Mobility unit is cutting around 1,200 more jobs, or 10 percent of its workforce, as its continues to restructure and find its identity inside the search giant.

Google's Motorola Mobility unit confirmed in a job listing that it is seeking a senior director of product management to manage the launch of what is widely believed to be the division's rumored X-Phone, an advanced Android device.