Motorola getting ready to play with Android
The T-Mobile G1 phone has gotten surprisingly good marks for a first effort with a new operating system and has captured a lot of attention. The Google-influenced Android platform has a lot of OEMs paying close attention with the obvious excitement over the G1. Handset giant Motorola is reported to getting an Android-based handset ready for distribution in 2009. Motorola has been talking up an Android phone of late to anyone who will listen and is touting it as a social smartphone for the 16 to 30-something crowd. They are claiming it will be tightly integrated with big social networks like Facebook and MySpace, among others. They also state it will have an "iPhone-like touch screen" but are not tossing any photos around of the phone.
(via Business Week)
If only I could have Verizons network, Apples UI, and Androids openness. Sigh, a man can dream.
Posted by: Jasen | October 20, 2008 at 11:10 am
hmm, i hope any motorola android phone will be operator agnostic…
Posted by: turn.self.off | October 20, 2008 at 11:20 am
Google-influenced Android platform? Understatement of the year?
Posted by: Oliver | October 20, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Android = Linux + Java
Posted by: Andy | October 20, 2008 at 4:26 pm