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HTC launching ‘2-3′ Android handsets next year

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Chris Leonard
on November 12, 2007
in Handsets
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oha_main_rgb21.jpgHTC obviously has high hopes for Google’s Android OS if recent claims are to be believed.

The manufacturer has already thrown its hat into the ring by helping develop the first Android handset, the Dream, but this is apparently only the start.

Speaking to Taiwanese analysts, HTC CEO Peter Chou has come out and said his company plans to launch up to three Android-based phones in the coming year, and expect its revenues to rise 20% next year.

Some manufacturers like Samsung and Motorola have already signed up to Google’s Open Handset Alliance, but Nokia is yet to commit fully. HTC’s support will be a fillip to Google’s attempts to break the Windows Mobile-Symbian-UIQ hegemony of mobile OS systems.

He also said that HTC plans to launch new user interface that’s better than TouchFLO and its first WiMAX devices by early 2009.

[Via Digi Times]



Google pushing ahead with ‘Dream’-y Android prototype handset

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Chris Leonard
on November 6, 2007
in Applications, Handsets and Mobile video
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oha_main_rgb2.jpgDespite some people, notably Nokia, Microsoft and Symbian dismissing Google’s new Android operating system, it is apparently ploughing ahead with five prototype phones of one design, based on its Open Handset Alliance software development kit (SDK).

The phone is codenamed ‘Dream’ inside Google and will be used to show what it’s open-source software can do and also woo potential partners to join the Alliance.

The Dreamâ looks like an iPhone only thinner and features a rectangular touch-sensitive screen. Interestingly, the screen is time-sensitive, so when you hold your finger down on an icon, the area expands. The screen also swivels to one side to reveal a QWERTY keyboard.

The ‘Dream’ has the usual functions like email and other messaging forms, and also YouTube. Unlike other phones the YouTube application runs like a java application, meaning that once open it stays open (but running in the background) until you close it. This way, if someone sends you a YouTube video you can run it immediately without having to run your browser.

The ‘Dream’ is made by HTC, which is already considering a commercial version for the second half of 2008 (the one mentioned by Google?).

[Via Forbes]