Wall Street Journal has recently reported about Google pushing out the first Anroid-based phones to the end of the year, they have just forgot to mention that originally there have been no such devices planned for an earlier launch. Google's Android platform had to consider the fact that network operators have a number of special requirements from such an interface, which might be very important from the point of view of sales. So the development of open-source projects is heavily influenced by external demands, but the development of the phones can be separated from the project itself, but of course a stable operating system is needed in order to launch them. The first Android models are expected by the end of 2008 or the beginning of 2009, which will be followed by a number of more advanced, high-end mdels in the first part of 2009. This latter matches previous announcements of Samsung and LG, so a couple of months mithg e required to pass in order to see a high-end model on the market.
Translated by Szaszati
