Next-gen Android phone coming soon?

HTC and T-Mobile are readying a new version of the G1 Android phone, according to the gadget blog Gizmodo.

On Wednesday, Gizmodo posted pictures of what is supposed to be the new Android "G2," which the blog says is expected in May. The new device is much thinner than the previous G1 because its slide keyboard is gone. Instead, HTC has taken a page out of the Apple iPhone playbook and will only offer a virtual keypad.

Pictures of the new G2 also show that it will have a 3.2 megapixel camera. The new phone will operate on T-Mobile USA's network, and the interface will be "very similar" to the G1, according to Gizmodo's sources.

In September, HTC and T-Mobile introduced the first phone to use Google's open-source operating system, known as Android. So far, the G1 remains the only Android phone available on the market. But more phones are expected soon. While none of the big phone manufacturers announced Android devices at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this month, there will likely be plenty of action next month at the upcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Rumors have already been flying around the blogosphere about which manufacturers will be next with their Android phones. Samsung is supposedly readying an Android phone that will go on sale in the second quarter. Sony Ericsson is also rumored to be working on an Android phone for this summer. And HTC is said to be working on a whole portfolio of Android devices.

Overseas, there are also reports that China's Huawei Technologies will have an Android phone ready for the Chinese market in the third quarter.

[cyboreric]

My friend got this phone and it is sweet (G1 version1) but I need Exchange synch! Please please, google if you are listening, add Exchange synch.

[deslock]

Already done. There is a free version on the app store and a $20 version for the full Outlook integration.

I've been using it for a couple months now and it's great. And it doesn't come with those annoying fixed signatures like blackberry and iphones do.

The devs are nitrodesk.com

[deslock]

Forgot to mention that it won't cost you the ridiculous monthly extra fee that iphone does for "corporate mail" service. What a racket.

[AppleSuxLeo]

How about if they add SYNC support.

[Michichael]

How about they make it so the network connections don't drop every 10 seconds! >.<

[craig0r]

Could someone tell me how everyone seems to be able to determine that the G2's camera is 3.2 megapixels, JUST from looking at some fuzzy pictures?

For those of you worried about Exchange support, I'm pretty sure I've read about applications that will enable this for you.

[Shadcell]

We can tell the camera is 3.2 megapixels because one of those "fuzzy pictures" is someone holding up the back side of the phone, and printed on the phone in large font right next to the camera is "3.2 Megapixel"

>_> I'll give you benefit of the doubt and assume you didn't look at the pictures before asking.

[johnqh]

G1 camera is one of the worst camera, way worse than iPhone. It seems the lens is very slow, so shutter time is long. Any movement causes the photo to be blurry.

With any camera, the key to quality is the lens and the sensor size (not resolution). Only if you have a good lens and fast sensor, then the resolution matters.

[the_bish]

I believe there is an app that fixes this to a certain degree. No idea what it is called, but a friend was explaining it to me, how he had the same complaint.

[deslock]

they all suck anywhere except outdoors (iphone is terrible too). Why can't they add a really simple flash? My old cheap verizon freebie phone had a basic flash in it.

[Michael-Martin]

We should know for sure if this is the real deal at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Spain next month.

@Craig0r

On the back near the camera it states in large numbers 3.2 - so its a pretty good assumption.

,Michael Martin
http://www.googleandblog.com/

[MirageJKL]

sick

[iroq321]

not nearly as fugly as the G1, but still looks a little outdated. either way, it's what's inside that counts...in this case at least =].

[yacahuma]

it's what's inside that counts
You are wrong. Why do you think iphone, ipod,ipod touch are so successful? There are better products. People like cool gadgets, lean and thin. G1 is not it. Better start working on the G3

[celticbrewer]

Nope. Screw lean. No keyboard means I'm not buying it. Sorry G2.

You're right- ipod and the like are "cool gadgets, lean and thin" and are really just status symbols for people who don't want devices that actually do anything productive- hence not having a real keyboard. I want something that'll be productive and flexible; I don't care how thin or shiny it is.

[moretroops]

Right celticbrewer, the only reason millions of people love the iphone is b/c it's "thin and shiny." It has nothing to do with usability. We're all fools.

Only someone who has not owned an iphone would make this "critique."

[iroq321]

lean? thin? not me. i look at what the product is capable of, not how it looks or what everybody else has. i DO NOT and WILL NOT own an iPhone unless they add all the missing features, like you said there are better products...than the iPhone, if you think that's false, you're living in a bubble. I don't own an iPod either. Why would i pay more for something that is capable of less than other mp3 players? cause it's pretty? cause it's thin? cause everybody has one? nope. not me.

[deslock]

yacahuma was right that many buy it for the thin and nice appearance, but I (and two of my friends here at work) returned the iphone because email was so damn hard to do. If you write a few emails a day on the thing, you absolutely need a physical keyboard.

My only gripes about the G1 at this point are that the screen really should fill the entire sliding front (it's smaller than the iphone) and the "chin" which I understand it protects the trackball and makes sense but I'd have gone for form factor over trackball protection.

Love the removable battery, the removable/expandable memory card slot, physical keyboard, the trackball (browsing is sooo much better with it, scrolling through links I usually fat finger), google integration, better outlook support (yes, the G1 got outlook support via 3rd party app a few weeks after release and it doesn't cost me an extra fee), better dev platform (open and easy).

[moretroops]

It evokes a Sony Dream MachineTM circa 1993. Weak, weak design. C'mon!!

[miles4444]

Very boring looking design.

[nitichandra]

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