This is really exciting stuff in the mobile space. I recently got an iPod touch, and I have to say it is a pretty compelling device. I interested to see how two players in the web enabled smart phone space drives innovation.
NYTimes: Technology: Smartphone Is Expected via Google By LAURA M. HOLSON and MIGUEL HELFT Published: August 15, 2008 T-Mobile will be the first carrier to offer a mobile phone powered by Google’s Android software, according to people briefed on the company’s plans.
T-Mobile will be the first carrier to offer a mobile phone powered by Google’s Android software, according to people briefed on the company’s plans. The phone will be made by HTC, one of the largest makers of mobile phones in the world, and is expected to go on sale in the United States before Christmas, perhaps as early as October.
Executives for T-Mobile, the nation’s No. 4 wireless carrier, declined to comment on the new phone except to say it was on track to offer it in the fourth quarter. HTC, which is based in Taiwan, also declined to comment, although executives there have said they expected to deliver their phone by the end of the year.
Alley Insider is on about this as well.
So now we know that the first GPhone is indeed coming this fall.Will it be a hit? It's hard to tell much from the supposed spy photos we've seen floating around on the Web, like the one to the right.
So now we know that the first GPhone is indeed coming this fall.
Will it be a hit? It's hard to tell much from the supposed spy photos we've seen floating around on the Web, like the one to the right.