Qualcomm helping out with a handful of Android handsets

While we still don't know the full extent of the hardware onslaught we'll see once the Android software spec solidifies, we can now safely say there'll be at least six coming in the next year and a half or so. That's the number a Qualcomm product manager is giving as the quantity of Android-powered devices it's personally helping OEMs prepare in the next 12-18 month time frame -- "more than five" was his exact verbiage, actually -- which would make sense considering the push Qualcomm gave the platform at CTIA earlier this month. He was also quick to note that Android-powered devices will offer feature sets similar to the iPhone but at lower price points, adding that Google's already thought through a lot of the goodies that Apple is just now starting to get to with the iPhone (we reckon he's probably referring to the SDK here) -- and considering that Qualcomm has absolutely nothing to do with the iPhone, that's not a very surprising attitude for the company to cop.

[Via Talk Android]