Android phones as early as this fall?A Google executive may have inadvertently tipped the wireless industry's hand on the launch time frame for Android phones.
 This Android prototype, show at Mobile World Congress in February, could be a shipping product by fall. (Credit: Andrew Lim, CNET.co.uk) After the call, Google representatives reiterated that the launch expectations for Android phones were unchanged at "second half of 2008," emphasizing that the exact launch schedule is up to Google's partners. However, Google is likely privy to that schedule, since they'd probably want to show up for the party or something, and just about all of summer--and all of fall--takes place during the second half of the year. The debut of an Android phone in the summer or early fall could give Google and its partners a chance to test the market during the back-to-school or holiday shopping bonanzas in the second half of the calendar year. IDG News Service reported last week that HTC was developing an Android phone called "Dream," that would be out "near the end of this year." The report also said that Samsung was racing with HTC to get an Android phone out the door, meaning perhaps other handset makers have accelerated their plans. CNET News.com's Anne Broache contributed to this report. Via "One More Thing" blog at CNET News.com
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ferdiei says...
only featured here is a tidbit of what "android" can do to change the mobile computing landscape. by looking here-www.youtube.com... you could see that this platform could maximise the full potential of a qwerty-type mobile device or a purely touch-interface version, which is very flexible in terms of product application, plus Google is offering USD10M to distributed to those who would come up with the "best" application that have never been seen aside from what Apple already introduced in the iphone. well, in this case it seems that the release of the iphone-SDK is just a knee-jerk reaction to Google's threat & its potential to disrupt the current trend in the market, that is the multi-touch UI. anyway its pretty exciting how these competing platform will do in the market, multi-touch VS android VS haptic technology, what else?
Mar 25, 2008 22:53
only featured here is a tidbit of what "android" can do to change the mobile computing landscape. by looking here-www.youtube.com... you could see that this platform could maximise the full potential of a qwerty-type mobile device or a purely touch-interface version, which is very flexible in terms of product application, plus Google is offering USD10M to distributed to those who would come up with the "best" application that have never been seen aside from what Apple already introduced in the iphone. well, in this case it seems that the release of the iphone-SDK is just a knee-jerk reaction to Google's threat & its potential to disrupt the current trend in the market, that is the multi-touch UI. anyway its pretty exciting how these competing platform will do in the market, multi-touch VS android VS haptic technology, what else?
Mar 25, 2008 22:53
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