>From talking to some people at MWC, I got a similar response. There was initially a huge amount of excitement about Android before MWC, but it fell pretty flat. He said there is a lot of vagueness and uncertainty regarding Android.
Shane On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Eric F <[email protected]> wrote: > > Let's be clear. A single real Android phone was announced this MWC. > The HTC Magic and it is not capable of coming to the US. The General > Mobile phone will go the way of the Kogan Agora. Without capable > hardware, the right resolution etc Google will either talk them out of > releasing it (as they did with the Agora), General Mobile will fail to > actually bring the phone to market, or they will bring the phone to > market and nobody will care because it is huge and doesn't support 3G. > The Texas Instruments announcement is a dev device and not a phone. > > That BBC video made it pretty clear that Google isn't saving some > surprise announcement. The only real announcement for non EUers is > that Samsung is going to delay the release of any possible Android > phones. This whole week has been a huge letdown. For someone who has > been developing for Android using the SDK, but not willing to switch > to T-Mobile for 1st generation hardware that doesn't even have > considerable internal memory or any kind of specs that compete in any > way shape or form with even phones that were old when the G1 was brand > new. I am still excited about Android, but this just makes one thing > clear. If we don't want to be disappointed, don't expect to be using a > great Android device any time soon. > > My prediction: > > At 11:59PM PST 12/31/2009, there will only be ONE or fewer Android > phones besides the G1 that can be purchased in the USA, in store or > ordered online and shipping the next day from within the US. Where a > phone is not a internet tablet, developer device, MID, netbook, etc. > > On Feb 17, 8:02 am, Steve Barr <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2/17/09, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > It's not looking too good :(. > > > > http://www.engadget.com/tag/android/ > > A number of them are popping up today at the MWC... > > > > Steve > > -- > > Yes, Chinese is easy if people speak slowly to you, in proper tones > > and without an accent. But this is not how Chinese is spoken. -- > > renzhe > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
