We should be asking the OHA on why new Android phone announcements were not made. May be there's something which remains a bottleneck for manufactures to come out with new Android phones quickly.
take care, Muthu Ramadoss. http://linkedin.com/in/tellibitz +91-9840348914 http://androidrocks.in - Android Consulting. On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 2:17 AM, Shane Isbell <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
