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Sometimes, working with Google Inc. has a way of rubbing off on companies.

As a champion of free Web services and open source software, Google’s reputation for encouraging openness in technology circles has carried over into its efforts to dominate the smartphone world.

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First came Android, the company’s free smartphone software platform, which is now used by several device manufacturers as the bedrock of their mobile strategies.

Then came the so-called Google phone — the Nexus One — produced by HTC Corp. to Google’s specifications and offered to consumers unlocked and without a specific carrier.

Later this month, Samsung Electronics Canada will launch the latest “Google Phone” — the Nexus S — in Canada, and for the first time ever, Samsung is blowing the doors of distribution open wide and will enable consumers to buy the device from any Canadian carrier.

Incumbent carriers including BCE Inc.’s Bell Mobility, Rogers Communications Inc. and Telus Corp. will all carry the Nexus S, as will new entrants such as Mobilicity, WIND Mobile and Videotron Ltee.