Comments on: Google's Android phone to go on sale in September?

Despite reports of delays with Google's Android mobile OS, the rumor du jour is that T-Mobile USA will start offering its HTC Android phone next month.

[gerrrg]

Sweet news. Now only if someone would publish the pricing for all-you-can-eat 3G on T-Mobile.

[skurewu]

"And Sprint Nextel, which lost 901,000 subscribers, still has about 51.9 subscribers."

Sprint Nextel only has 51.9 subscribers left??? I don't know whats more screwed up, the fact that they only retained 0.0000576% of their customer base OR the fact that they retained one tenth of a customer! My gawddamn hand!

[spm82]

Let's be fair, they retained 90% of said customer. I will admit, it was me. I lost my brain and am still receiving service from Sprint Nextel.

[Kreuzer33]

I think I'll just wait to see if it actually happens first.

http://kreuzer33.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/google-android-to-arrive-in-september/

[kieranmullen]

You would think their phone could be a bit cheaper considering they got the cell phone operating system for free!

KieranMullen
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[livecrunch]

Another rumor how the pre-order will work

http://www.livecrunch.com/2008/08/12/t-mobile-is-doing-android-pre-sale/

[benjaminstraight]

Cool, now the Iphone will have competition when it hits Best Buy.

[ArtInvent]

What about other carriers? The whole point behind Android is that it's an open system, so anyone can use it. There should be no barrier to At&T and Verizon introducing it.

[csUser]

You may have a point with AT&T, they use the SIM cards. But Verizon and Sprint wouldn't be able to release one unless they modify it to not require the sim cards.

[The User]

I failed to understand the significance of Android. There are 3 leaders who only going to get bigger: WM, Apple and BlackBerry. Each of them has its own image: Apple - cool, BB - for work, WM - can do everything others can, but better. There are also Symbian, Linux and Palm: Palm and Linux are dying off, Symbian is there because its there and no other reason (I doubt anyone cares for Symbian anymore). Where does Android fit in it? Will it be better for emailing than BB? Will it be better all-around device than WM, or will it be cooler than Apple? Yeah, sure, it has huge "Search Google" on the home screen, how cool is that? But seriously, who will be going for an Android phone? The same people who screamed and demanded Linux OS on a phone? Well, look at how many of them purchased Linux-based devices afterward.

[SenorFrog]

The appeal of Android is the joy many people get with working with an operating system as powerful, mature and flexible as Linux. Having that OS tied to a powerful mobile communications device capable of almost broadband speeds and hopefully GPS and video recording capabilities. All blessed by a powerful company who's goals seem to be in sync with a growing number of people who want more control over their devices.

Will Android overtake Windows Mobile, Symbian, Apple or Palm? Probably not (well, maybe Palm). But I don't think most of the people who would potentially buy an Android device, such as myself, care. I know I just want a device with good interface design that I can tailor to how I would use it. I think HTC has good devices with plenty of features, T-Mobile is more liberal in how people use their 3G network (5G limit, tether if you want) as long as an app doesn't have the potential to bring it down, and Google, who wants to expand their presence into our daily lives, will be supportive of developers.

[The User]

I failed to understand the significance of Android. There are 3 leaders who only going to get bigger: WM, Apple and BlackBerry. Each of them has its own image: Apple - cool, BB - for work, WM - can do everything others can, but better. There are also Symbian, Linux and Palm: Palm and Linux are dying off, Symbian is there because its there and no other reason (I doubt anyone cares for Symbian anymore). Where does Android fit in it? Will it be better for emailing than BB? Will it be better all-around device than WM, or will it be cooler than Apple? Yeah, sure, it has huge "Search Google" on the home screen, how cool is that? But seriously, who will be going for an Android phone? The same people who screamed and demanded Linux OS on a phone? Well, look at how many of them purchased Linux-based devices afterward.

[Mr. Dee]

Sorry, but the iPhone looks better, more established, has a market. Good luck to whoever purchases the first Android BETA device in September.

[spm82]

Calling the first Android phone a beta device is like saying the original iPhone is a concept handset. C'mon, you can hide fanboyism better than that.

[Remo_Williams]

Right, the iPhone has a market, the same one Android has. It might look better, but it's essentially half a cell phone. Good luck with your status symbol.

An open platform means a sea change in s/w development. The same detractors of Eclipse are now looking for work using it, and every IDE other than Microsoft's has been shoved to one side. Google had their thinking caps on, and I suppose we'll see how it plays out. I'm betting I'm right, as I'll be pre-ordering assuming it has GPS.

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[bornlikethis38]

Is that you-tube video the real deal???

We do not know how people are going to react to the android platform. So I say it would be immature to speculate too precisely as to how successful android will do. Obviously Google has done a lot of hard work to get this out there among the cell phone manufacturers and many of them have signed on to it. They seem to think it will be make them a profit, and that's good enough to for me think that it won't be a massive ball of failure. What I do know is that Apple fans will slander it and android fans will praise it. Keep it up, I find it humorous. It makes me giggle.