While Acer unveiled its plan to launch a pair of Android phones this year via the slightly ancient
pen-and-paper method, Samsung used an even trustier method: spoken word. According to
Reuters, the company's head of product strategy Won-Pyo Hong affirmed that Sammy would sell "
more than three" Android phones by the end of this year, and furthermore, it would "definitely" unwrap a phone using the
LiMo Foundation's Linux-based software before 2010 dawns. Hong wouldn't disclose whether those Google-powered handsets would hit America, Europe or elsewhere first, but he did remark that both the US and Europe would
be covered by the year's end. We'd love to say we're totally unaffected by such a tease, but c'mon, who has that kind of patience?
posted Feb 17th 2009 6:27PM
my favs and sprint just dont mix well
"... Won-Pyo Hong affirmed that Sammy would sell "more than three" Android phones by the end of this year...."
If Samsung only sells three Android phones by the end of this year, they might as well bow out of the cell phone business altogether.
whos willing to bet that samsung is "delaying" the phone just to create hype for it
just my 2 cents
Umm, I think they delayed it because they had a legitimate arse-kicking Omnia HD to show off here and didn't want to dilute that. If anything, even an Android concept would have got the buzz going at Mobile World Congress because I think even the die-hard Android fans aren't overwhelmed with the Magic.
Figures Sprint would have Android on a Samsung Phone. Thats one of their problems. They think people want New Samsungs, Sanyos, And Palms all the Time.
But if they wanna photoshop Android on a Samsung Instinct, at Least Get rid of the My Faves in the Corner.
Heck, Samsung has Slider phones (Samsung Glyde & Rant) Why not give Sprint an Android phone w/ a touch screen slider. They Could Easily Attach a Rant or A Glyde Keyboard to The Instinct
Uhhh, Sprint didn't make that picture. Random rant.
Never said SPRINT did. Thats relating to what people assume android on sprint will look like. Which is the same image floating around when sprint & Android are put together.
Think harder next time....
Jeez, as if the Touch UI (revamped) isn't confusing already.......now adding not so ready for prime consumption Android along w/d mess.... aahh.......... I saw go classy with SE rather...
Gimmie the omniaHD with android and i'm sold
Is this over yet? I'm very tired of all this phone news. This is definitely taking a toll on any real gadget news going on.
Boring, boring, boring...
It's a free OS with lots of hype.... slam it on ur ugliest phone and cash in on some money. Who wouldn't do an Android phone?
This is the downside on free OSes. Nobody wants to design a decent phone for them, and noone will skin it with a more attractive UI.
Funny, how in my opinion, the android theme looks a lot more clean, professional, and overall better looking than that of the iphone and WMO offerings. Although S60 might look a little nicer, you can't win every battle.
Not sure I get the logic: would a free OS be more apt to be skinned because you don't have to pay to get it. Contrast that with WinMo, which has at least 4 or 5 different OEM skins, and the multiple third-party shells.
Promises, promises . . .
I'm sick of that goddamn clock and wallpaper - it could make ANY phone look boring
I have to agree. They really need to ditch that analog clock a the top and use a sleek background for the default Android homepage. It looks positively ancient with it up there.
Here's to that...you would have thought that these big phone companies, who spend billions of dollar on marketing every year, would try and mix things up a little, you know - stand out from the crowd.
Well, you can easily remove the clock, but it's probably used in default to let you know it's there.
But you're not confused about what OS you're looking at when you see it there, are you?
Mmm....branding.
This is good, sprint maybe with android, means bell in canada with android, bell and sprint are pretty much direct copies of eachother phone wise. SWEET
Wow, I'm surprised to see people are getting sick of Android, while the OSX on the iPhone is still getting momentum. I don't blame Apple, because they make the best hardware and software experience ever in a mobile device.
A new hope has arrived. I hope Samsung's Android phones are just as impressive as their S60 lineup.
finally picking up some speed, i have high hopes for the droid.
just waiting for a way to force close whatever application is i want thats running in the background
Next android coming out dec 31 2009,.LOL ,so far what a fail . Proving open source blows plus development is running at speed of snail. Just have apple sdk help out android so they don't fall too far behind,.
troll...?
I actually thought this said Limo hire not LIMO, the search engines drive you up the wall sometimes.