Right now the Mobile World Congress is going on in Barcelona, and sites like Gizmodo and Engadget are there taking in all of the gadget goodness. Google Android is, as expected, a hot topic of the show. Although still early in development there are some devices available that have been whipped up to serve as a development platform.
Before you get all excited I should let you know that there’s nothing yet that will leave you in awe. Gizmodo’s video demonstration of a device does open the browser, but there’s currently no way to input information so that you can actually browse the web. Heck, most of the prototypes available at the show are still just screens attached to circuit boards, and have yet to be placed inside any sort of casing.
I was hoping to see some more of the touch-screen goodness that we saw in the previous video demonstration provided by Google, but that device apparently wasn’t available at the show today. I guess we’ll have to leave all of our iPhone comparisons for the future. What are your initial impressions of the Android platform?
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Can’t wait. The mobile phones are really getting exciting…all thanks to Apple!
Apple definitely spiced up the industry a bit, and showed just what phones were really capable of. Makes you wonder where we’ll be in a few years.
Porn on the go:p Jokes aside, this is promising. I can’t wait for other companies to offer their own mobile phones like the iPhone to challenge their monopoly;)
Interesting too see how the 700mhz actuation will play into this.
I’m kinda confused. So this “android” is the Gphone. So the Gphone turned out to be only a software kit?
The hype made it sound revolutionary, one of the more would’ve-been-awesome rumors (diggnation spread) was it would be a free, ad-supported phone!
cant wait for it. iPhone will be nothing when android is out
It is just software, and Google is relying on mobile device manufacturers to make the handsets. Assuming Google does a good job of developing the software handset manufacturers will likely jump on the chance to use the software since it will reduce their development costs.
I hope that it will provide some stiff competition for the iPhone, but I’ll have to see it before I’ll believe it. They’ve still got a lot of work to do.