Cool Android Stuff
Tranzda has given us a look at four new Linux based smartphones plus a fifth, the T818, that it’s being a little more secretive about. The TGP-369, TFX-326, TGP-802, and TFX-320 cover both the CDMA and GSM bases, and include some notable features like a fingerprint scanner on the 802, GPS, and RFID capability on certain models. The phones are relatively good looking and we’ll see how the UI holds up against the other reigning smartphones.
[Via LinuxDevices]
After former MSNBC tech correspondent Gary Krakow predicted delays, Google jumped on the rumor, and published a statement. A Google spokesperson has confirmed that they are “still on track to announce Android-powered phones this year.” The spokesperson also added that “some of [its] partners were publicly stating that they plan to ship Android phones in the fourth quarter,”
Now, this does tell us that an Android powered phone is shipping but does it mean that we’ll be getting the Gphone as predicted in all its Google glory. Not sure.
[Via Engadget Mobile]
Former MSNBC tech correspondent Gary Krakow, is claiming that the GPhone, the Google branded phone, will be delayed until 2009. Although the phone hasn’t even been announced, Krakow is claiming that it will be delayed, sparking rumors that he’s actually referencing an Android delay.
[Via Gizmodo]
Verizon is going to introduce a line of handsets based on the LiMo Foundation’s mobile Linux OS. The LiMo foundation is best known for promoting Any Apps, Any Device, an open access initiative. Expect these devices in the next week because word is that CTO Tony Melone has promised the devices mid-May.
Although Android is also Linux-based, the LiMo Foundation has beat Google to the punch by unveiling its first devices at the Mobile World Congress 2008 event in Barcelona in February. LiMo’s Linux based devices include Motorola’s Moto U9, Moto Z6w, Motorokr Z6 and Razr2 V8, NEC’s FOMA N905i and FOMA N705i, Panasonic’s FOMA P905iTV and FOMA N7051, and Samsung’s SGH-i800.