"'This year's OnStar relaunch involves a major technology push inside GM as well a partnership with a major outside technology company,' said Preuss, who declined to reveal who GM's partner is or exactly what they're doing."

Followed by this one:

"'There are still a few things we want to keep under our hats,' he said."

A last Friday also states that OnStar is working on multiple new apps, presumably for the same next-generation system.

So if the Google-GM deal is actually happening, when could we see the evidence? The Wall Street Journal report says OnStar will reveal some type of "significant news" next week. The gang from CNNMoney, meanwhile, expects OnStar to unveil its new system sometime this summer. And Motor Trend is putting its money on early 2011 for an OnStar-Android announcement.