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Second Android-Based Phone Announced

Posted by timothy on from the just-call-me dept.

Rob Lazzurs writes "The second 'Google phone' has been announced. While this does from the first look seem like a nice device, I know I would miss the keyboard. However, I would expect given the issues with the first device, the question on most G1 users lips will be 'Is the battery life any better?'" Update: 02/17 14:06 GMT by T : Reader Andrew Lim adds a link to CNet UK's hands-on pictures of HTC Magic including pictures of it next to a G1. Also on the upcoming cell phone front, reader Jack Spine writes "Dell is to launch a smartphone, according to AT&T chief Ralph de la Vega. Speaking at a Mobile World Congress panel discussion with Steve Ballmer, de la Vega said 'Dell announced they're entering the smartphone market,' — a bit of a slip, because Dell hasn't, yet." Update: 02/17 16:07 GMT by T : Now, according to Engadget, de la Vega says he was misquoted.

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  1. Of course Dell is going to launch a smartphone by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Michael Dell is so jealous of Apple that he tries to copy them every chance he gets. Unfortunately for him, he's stuck with Microsoft and Windows.

    At least HP are pushing forward, their custom Linux Distro really seems to ooze with style, unlike regular distros which seems bent on either copying the way Windows looks or being stuck in overdone visual crap land.

  2. How many does that make? by Goaway · · Score: 3, Funny

    Isn't this something like the third "second Android phone" announced so far?

    1. Re:How many does that make? by TheCybernator · · Score: 4, Funny

      Isn't this something like the third "second Android phone" announced so far?

      Well, you know, they are all still in Beta.

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    2. Re:How many does that make? by halcyon1234 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yup. I'm waiting for the second third Android phone.

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  3. Sounds like Apple by Dekortage · · Score: 2, Funny

    FTA: "We are paying particular attention to style and design; I'm practically obsessed with it," said Patrick Chomet, global director of terminals for Vodafone Group.

    Channeling Steve Jobs?

    Also: "If the device hits an anticipated price point of between 99 and 199 euros, Ms Milenesi said it would be pitched at the broader phone market. "With that range of prices, it's not aimed at the same audience as, say, the iPhone, it's looking more at a broader appeal for people."

    Hmm, how much cheaper than the iPhone is that really? Will people want to save a few euros and miss out on all the cool Apple vibe that iPhone owners magically acquire?

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  4. Re:Why not develop android for current gen phones? by Hijacked+Public · · Score: 4, Funny

    Under Slashdot grammatical convention it is acceptable to use the word 'forced' to describe a person's employer assigning them a telephone they don't like.

    Also, just to expand, if the digital version of a pop culture movie is released on iTunes exclusively, the convention allows a person to claim he is being 'forced' to use iTunes.

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  5. Re:lack of keyboard by hoooocheymomma · · Score: 4, Funny

    Excellent points. I was going to mod you up, but my effeminate, child-like hands couldn't push the mouse buttons down hard enough...


    Well, that and I don't have any mod points...

  6. Re:Need a keyboard? by PitaBred · · Score: 2, Funny

    Do you also not own a TV and tell everyone about it?

    If you don't use a damn smartphone, why in the hell are you commenting on a story about it? Are you proud to be a semi-luddite or something? "I use a computer, but I'll be damned if I use a fancy phone!"

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