Report: HTC Android handset not coming until 2009 The clock may not be on Google's side as it tries to get the first Android handsets out to the public. Unlike The Wall Street Journal report from a few weeks ago, which said that Android would be delayed from Google's stated expectations of the second half of 2008 to, um, the second half of 2008, this one is a bit more pointed. Barron's Tech Trader Daily picked up a research note from Trip Chowdhry of Global Equities Research saying that his "contacts" are saying that HTC's Android handset is being delayed until the first quarter of 2009. In case you're new to this part of the Google empire, Android is a Linux-based collection of mobile phone software, including an operating system, a browser, and other applications. The company announced Android to much fanfare last year as a bid to unify the world of mobile Linux and set up Google as a dominant player on the next big computing frontier. HTC was expected to be one of the first handset makers to release an Android handset. One good thing about Thursday's report is that Google has apparently settled on a required list of applications and features that need to accompany any phone with the Android logo: That was up in the air as recently as a few months ago. The problem, however, is that HTC is having "structural problems" making that feature list run on one of its phones, according to the report. The other problem for Google raised by the report is that software developers are said to have their hands full with the mobile phone software that's actually available for development, such as Windows Mobile, Symbian, BlackBerry, and the iPhone. HTC is worried enough about a lack of attention as to demand a "minimum revenue guarantee" from Google in exchange for launching an Android handest. UPDATE: A Google representative said the company doesn't comment on speculation, which is just no fun at all, but said "we remain on schedule to deliver the first Android-based handset this year and we're very excited to see the momentum continuing to build behind the Android platform among carriers, handset manufacturers, developers and consumers."
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ferdiei says...
acutally its not the doing of HTC to delay Android on their mobile device, but just letting their "diamond" models mature in current market. and it doesnt matter to them anyway as the "android" was designed to run on every mobile device that could meet the minimum specs i.e. >200MHz cpu, not limited to touchscreen, etc. which takes a lot of a device resources just like what WM has been using, which drives for more memory, battery life that compromises the implementation of other worthy accessories like bluetooth connectivity, wifi, gps...
Aug 11, 2008 19:38
acutally its not the doing of HTC to delay Android on their mobile device, but just letting their "diamond" models mature in current market. and it doesnt matter to them anyway as the "android" was designed to run on every mobile device that could meet the minimum specs i.e. >200MHz cpu, not limited to touchscreen, etc. which takes a lot of a device resources just like what WM has been using, which drives for more memory, battery life that compromises the implementation of other worthy accessories like bluetooth connectivity, wifi, gps...
Aug 11, 2008 19:38
mman74 says...
Ferdei, makes you think what Google could do if they put their mind to full blown operating system for desktop PCs. Perhaps the strategy is to dominate the mobile market, move on to Net-tops before finally completing the last piece of the puzzle with a desktop OS. With the negative publciity over Vista, now is a perfect time. I am sure with their innovative revenue streams, theyw on't even need to charge for this thing.
Aug 12, 2008 12:51
Ferdei, makes you think what Google could do if they put their mind to full blown operating system for desktop PCs. Perhaps the strategy is to dominate the mobile market, move on to Net-tops before finally completing the last piece of the puzzle with a desktop OS. With the negative publciity over Vista, now is a perfect time. I am sure with their innovative revenue streams, theyw on't even need to charge for this thing.
Aug 12, 2008 12:51
ferdiei says...
the entry of Android by Google signals their seriousness to enter the computing world in general, so these are possibilities. also now that Linux is going mainstream, (thanks to limited memory requirement of its kernel) while its inventor -Linus Torvald- is still at the helm of its development, Microsoft for sure is counting their days in the OS world, or at least in the "mobile" computing world vis-a-vis Symbian, Linux, Blackberry, Apple-OS, etc...
Aug 12, 2008 20:02
the entry of Android by Google signals their seriousness to enter the computing world in general, so these are possibilities. also now that Linux is going mainstream, (thanks to limited memory requirement of its kernel) while its inventor -Linus Torvald- is still at the helm of its development, Microsoft for sure is counting their days in the OS world, or at least in the "mobile" computing world vis-a-vis Symbian, Linux, Blackberry, Apple-OS, etc...
Aug 12, 2008 20:02
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