Comments on: What happened to Android-based phones?

Don Reisinger hasn't heard much about Android and he's starting to worry if things have gone awry. Have you heard anything about Android?

[pearmaster]

If you ask me, Andriod was way over hyped to begin with. Everyone was expecting the G-Phone, Google's version of the iPhone, and when Google only released an early look at a cell phone software stack, I think it got way too much attention.

But I've been somewhat discouraged at what has been coming out of Google recently. I mean, what has been the biggest new thing to come out of Google this year (that they developed themselves)? Compare that to the number of products which have kind of just fallen off the map (if you can remember them): Jaiku, GrandCentral, Dodgeball (just to name a few).

[zentinal]

The launch of android based phones seems to be taking a different path than the one most conventional tech journalists are used to and they are therefore confused. They're used to having the hardware launched first, allowing them to dig out their rote squeals of, "Where are the applications?".

So, right now, all of the news is about the applications, while the hardware manufacturers (HTC et. al.) are busy quietly plugging away. It would have been nice to have one announced and released before the (rumored) 3G iPhone launch at WWDC.

Now that I think of it, for how many years was the iPhone derided as vaporware before the product actually ended up in the hands of a journalist?

[toyotaboy02]

Are you guys kidding me? Have you not seen the top 50 android apps? there's applications that will essentially allow you to use your camera to scan brick and mortar items (music, movies, etc) and not only compare prices but get full reviews and specs without typing a thing. This operating system is going to mesh the real world with the online world like you've never seen before.

[GodsMoon]

so here is something that might get you more exciting.
Little know fact is TAT is designing the user interface.
I think this is most of the reason for the NDA's that the top 50 app developers had to sign.

Check out their other work: http://www.tat.se/conceptlab/ (you can click on most of the pictures for video)

[HealthyElijah]

The top 50 is out and I just read news of the Goggle I/O conference having a ton of Android demos.

I just read the list and it is amazing!!! Android is going to crush everything, hnads down. Patience everyone!