One word : Cupcake There are so many promises about what it'll deliver, yet so little certainty about when it will arrive that I think handset manufacturers are holding off for it to arrive and get the bugs ironed out (e.g. not repeating the "type reboot on your 'phone and watch the 'phone reboot" problem).
Al. Muthu Ramadoss wrote: > 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] > <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > On 2/17/09, Al Sutton <[email protected] > <mailto:[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 > > > > > > > > -- ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
