Android delayed to Q4 2008

Android delayed to Q4 2008. We've been waiting for Android mobile OS, Google planned to have the new phones on the market by the second half of this year, but it seems the plans are slowed. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google's Android hardware won't arrive until the fourth quarter.

It's good to hear that T-Mobile USA expects to deliver an Android-powered phone in the fourth period. But that launch is taking up so much of Google's attention and resources that Sprint Nextel Corp., which had hoped to launch an Android phone this year.

Yeah, it seems changing the cellphone industry isn't easy for Google. While Apple controls most aspects of hardware and software development for the iPhone, Google has to rally many different hardware, service and software providers to support its technology platform. But, with the demonstration of the HTC Dream running Android, we can expect the Android-powered device on market next year.

In case you want to learn more all about Android, you may go on reading the previous post, All about Android from Google I/O Session Videos and Slides. Stay tuned.

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