Here's the first gorgeous shot of an Google Android prototype in the wild. It looks HTC-ish in build, similar to the grainy versions we've seen in the official videos and the renderings in the SDK emulator. 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.
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News source: Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide
Screenshot: >> Click here << News source: Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide
When I read that title I pictured a humanoid robot, about three feet tall and carrying a gun. My comment was going to be that if Google keeps going in this direction, their monopoly would represent the end of civilization, not just the end of the internet.
It looks way more like a Moto Q than an HTC, only with less class and power.
I think that this prototype (the same we saw in the first videos, where it was presented) was used for the whole time to test Android during the early development stage. But that is not an actual model which would be released on in the wild.
The physical device that Android is installed on looks homely. Large keyboard is a matter of taste and user preference, but the navigation section right above it looks horribly out of place.
About what you would expect from a prototype.
It needs to be touch screen only and then it'll have a chance but I hope that's just an idea and not even a prototype!
It needs to be touch screen only and then it'll have a chance but I hope that's just an idea and not even a prototype!
It's not like serious people buy iPhones.. I'd get a Nokia E60 over an iphone any day. In fact I'd never get an iphone just because it has touch-only input.
Linux open soruce phone + Linux opensource phone OS
or does that make too much sense...
I would say maybe in time for christmas '08, its still in its very early dev stages
But I'm not that punny.
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