I heard something major coming out for Android, slated coming week Tuesday. I'm not sure if its the device or the SDK.. but we'll know on Tuesday.
o_0 Dan Morrill wrote: > Two of your own citations contradict your statements. (HTC never said > and did not confirm the rumors surrounding their devices, and the date > of second-half 2008 is indeed unchanged, as the articles state.) As > you claim to be an industry veteran, I would think you'd know better > than to follow rumors so closely. > > The most accurate information we have is still second half of 2008. > It's your right to choose to believe that's a public relations > statement and not based (as it actually is) on our and our partners' > schedules. That does not, however, give your opinion any credibility. > > Feel free to disbelieve me if you like, but I suspect that you are > really just engaged in FUD. > > - Dan > > 2008/3/27 Stone Mirror <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>: > > Dan: > > Samsung said at MWC that they won't have an Android phone before > next year: > http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSL1169121920080211. > This has been widely reported, it's not my opinion. Similarly, HTC > says their Android phone will be out "near the end of the year": > see > > http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/03/20/HTC-names-Google-phone-Dream_1.html. > Could be either side of "the end of the year" and still be "near" > to it. > > Now, I did state that "based on the completeness of the SDK" > (which is clearly a judgment I'm making) I think it's unlikely. > I've had substantial experience shipping commercial operating > systems, something I'd point out that Google /doesn't /have. > > Let's be frank, Dan: the state of Android, looking at the SDK, is > /far /from "feature complete", which puts in, in any standard > software development terms, at pre-alpha. It's unstable, > performance is sketchy (and seems to have worsened in the second > SDK drop). It's got a long way to go before it's ready for prime > time. So, yes, I'm stating an opinion, but it's an informed and > educated one. > > Google's own lawyer, Richard Whitt, made the apparent misstatement > that Android phones might be out "this summer or fall", and was > immediately corrected: see > http://www.news.com/8301-13579_3-9901954-37.html. So yes, the > party line is "second half of 2008", but it won't be summer, and > it won't be fall, apparently, which takes us pretty much up to the > end of the year. > > So, what part of what I said is "untrue"? Do you want to provide a > tighter clarification of what you mean? If not, I'll stand by my > statements. > > > -- > 鏡石 > > > > > -- Thanks. Muthu Ramadoss http://mobeegal.in http://androidrocks.in http://intellibitz.com http://twitter.com/intellibitz http://linkedin.com/in/tellibitz http://slideshare.net/intellibitz http://groups.google.com/group/android-chennai +91 44 22476750 We develop innovative search solutions using LBS for Android. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Internals" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-internals?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
