The much hyped Android OS smartphone makes an appearance via an anonymous source
The
folks over at Gizmodo recently got a nice photo of a prototype Google
Android smartphone in the wild from one of their readers who used the
device for a day.
Our
source, a Giz reader, had some feedback to add to the prototype,
which he used for a day: Even in early form, it's light and fast,
much faster than the desktop emulator at times. And as a longtime
programmer, he thinks it's a lot more put together than Window Mobile
5 on the back side of things. It's a prototype, so things will
obviously change, but these are all great signs. I just pray that
hardware by other makers is a lot more adventurous. In my mind, those
HTC designs remind me a little too much of WM and will for a long
time.
Google
has been hyping the Android OS platform and the forthcoming Android
smartphones for months, beginning with the announcement of the
Android OS launch in early November. Since then we've seen the Android SDK
released for free and $10 million in prizes for the Android Developer
Challenge, Google throwing money at the 700MHz wireless spectrum, and
a non GPS mobile phone locater using Google Maps. We also saw Steve
Ballmer, Microsoft's CEO, give Android a laurel and hearty handshake
upon entering "Microsoft's world."
There
will be no shortage of coverage of Google's Android project in the
coming months leading up to the official release of the Google
OS-equipped smartphones. Hopefully the product lives up to the hype,
as the Open Handset Alliance has a tough nut to crack with the
competing and completely dominant Apple iPhone.
Still, hype or not,
the fact that Android phones will not likely suffer exclusive
contracts like the iPhone, along with Google's rabid following will
probably help make the project a raging success.
"Mac OS X is like living in a farmhouse in the country with no locks, and Windows is living in a house with bars on the windows in the bad part of town." -- Charlie Miller
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