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50+ Android Phones Expected In Near Future

Posted by timothy on from the quite-the-ecosystem dept.

wiseandroid writes "It's not even a year ago that the HTC Dream G1 became the first Android enabled phone to be released publicly (on October 22nd, 2008) and now we have listed more than 50 Android phones expected in the near future." Of the 51 phones on this list, 12 (from nine manufacturers) are currently available.

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  1. Any have a decent Camera? by thefirelane · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Seriously. Why do Android phones seem to ignore the camera? I'd really like to see one with a very good camera, something like an Android version of the N86

    1. Re:Any have a decent Camera? by WhiteSpade · · Score: 5, Informative

      The newly released (in the US) HTC Hero has a 5 megapixel camera (http://www.htc.com/www/product/hero/specification.html). I just got the Hero and it takes surprisingly good pictures in low light too. The screen lags quite a bit behind what the camera is seeing, but I'm told that Android 1.6 is supposed to fix that (whenever HTC gets around to releasing the update). ---Alex

    2. Re:Any have a decent Camera? by japhering · · Score: 5, Interesting

      As someone who frequently has to be in secured areas.. I hope at least some of the models never, ever have a camera, as is it a pain to either have to lock my phone in the car or to hand it over to some $10 an hour security guard prior to entry or have it confiscated by the same guard on the way out if I forget to hand it to him on the way in.

  2. Just 50? by gmuslera · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will take time till Android matches the market share of IPhone that way.

  3. On a related note... by keatonguy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...I saw the Android TV ad last night. I think it's the only time seeing an advertisement for something has make me verbally cheer.

    It lampooned the Apple ad format, complete with the black text on white and indie music listing off stuff the iPhone can't do, then making a sharp cut to an android logo with a URL.

    I really hope to see more well-coordinated advertising like this for OSS! This is the first, maybe the second time in my memory that any OSS has had any kind of TV spot, and this one was really solid.

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