Android, Paranoid!

Google's Android, based on HTC's Dream, is gonna be out on Oct 22. I first heard about Google getting into telephony a couple of years back. Apparently Goog has already sent out a few hundred phones out in Silicon Valley for real-world testing. Here are some useful links on the phone, if you are curious!

- code.google.com/android/
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FJHYqE0RDg
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Android

Android appears to be bulkier than iPhone and surely not as slick. Glu Mobile chief Greg Ballard said last June that Google's system would help developers to take advantage of data, especiallycontact lists and Global Positioning System information stored on the phone. The phone will hit select markets on Oct 22, so we have to wait and see what tech's most promising company has for us. But analysts are cooling off a bit since most think that Android is not too radically different from existing phones. But surely, this has to be the most eagerly watched launch since the iPhone. Android signed with T-Mobile (iPhone with AT&T), and T-Mobile does not have as extensive networks as AT&T does. Also, personally I am curious about the O/S in Android since HTC uses Windows Mobile and just imaging a Google product using Microsoft technology seems weird to me. Besides, I personally hate Windows Mobile since I believe what works on desktop will not necessarily work well in hand. WM has progressed well since inception and has some nice syncing features with PC's but there is a long way to go. Will this Android makes the Apples and Nokias paranoid? Gotta see, its exciting...I love anything Google so this is an exciting time for me although I gotta admit that Android is surely not bringing sexy back, at least in looks. Who knows, maybe Android will run killer applications!