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Android Phones Delayed

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the of-course-delays-are-unusual dept.

CommanderData writes "PC World reports that Google's Android phone rollout is facing delays. Originally expected to have handsets on the market and in consumers' hands this summer, it appears that Q4 2008 or even sometime in 2009 is more likely. Software developers are also complaining that programming is difficult on the Android platform due to regular changes being made by Google." Update 21:14 GMT by SM: Google has (via Google Watch) refuted widespread claims that Android will be late, so I guess only time will tell.

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  1. Not really by Kamokazi · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.thestreet.com/story/10419263/1/google-android-phones-coming-this-year.html

    PC World is reporting old news. Q4 08 has been the target for a while now.

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  2. Google denies rumors... by ivan256 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Google says Android delay is a rumor, launch on target for 2008

    Didn't stop the usual attention grabbers from writing knee-jerk I Told You So articles though...

  3. This report is inacurate! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    This report at PCWorld and WSJ today are *inaccurate*. Google always said that the "second part of 2008" will be the time that the first Android phone will get released, and now these guys are writing article saying that "Q4 2008" is late??? It's right up with the schedule if you ask me! Engadget also wrote about how these articles are either mischievous or simply wrong.

    1. Re:This report is inacurate! by 0100010001010011 · · Score: 4, Informative

      July 1 also counts as "Second Half" of 2008. I'm not shocked, maybe some people were hoping for more from Google.

  4. Original Wall Street Journal Article by xmas2003 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here's the WSJ article that is the source for the PC world writeup ...

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  5. Incidentally, the original post is mis-credited by ivan256 · · Score: 4, Informative

    The Wall Street Journal reported the delay. PC World merely parroted the report with Slashdotian flourish.

  6. spin being spun by trybywrench · · Score: 4, Informative

    FTA "Google has said since it unveiled Android Nov. 1 that there would be phones based on the OS in the second half of 2008. The Wall Street Journal, citing Google as a source, is reporting that the Android handsets "won't arrive until the fourth quarter."

    Confused, I asked Google for clarification. Will the Android phones be delayed as the WSJ reported? The answer was a resounding, "no."

    "We remain on schedule to deliver the first Android-based handset in the second half of 2008 and we're very excited to see the momentum continuing to build behind the Android platform among carriers, handset manufacturers, developers and consumers," a Google spokesperson told me today."

    um 4th qtr '08 is still "second half of '08" *head asplodes*

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  7. Re:Google Andriod is about to be hit by a steamrol by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Have you ever worked with Qtopia Phone Edtition? I bet some of your attitudes would change. While QT is a fairly nice set of APIs everything in the phone edition seems like it's been designed with only one platform in mind (The Greenphone) and porting it to a different set of hardware is horrible without breaking APIs.