I am not sure it will be able to swallow the Apple all at once but it looks quite nice, see:
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=rPIHeIRRDow where Andy Rubin, chief of Mobile at Google, creator of Android, demoes it to a BBC interviewer on an unmasked touch screen phone (probably an early version of the HTC Dream). Unfortunately it lacks the iPhone's gorgeous multitouch feature and associated magical two-finger stretching/pinching zoom commands, so things such as web and photo browsing may not be quite as practical. OTOH the HTC Dream is said to feature a real keyboard sliding out from under the screen, but I wouldn't be surprised if the iPhone's on-screen virtual keyboard turned out to be a better experience overall, if only because punctuation, figures and accented characters are much easier to access. Michel 2008/9/18 Terry Blanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On a lighter note, the first Android was revealed today, sort of: > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2008/09/17/dlgoogle117.xml > > Google demos Android phone at developer day > > By Claudine Beaumont > Last Updated: 6:01am BST 17/09/2008 > > Search giant Google has shown off its new "Google phone" operating > system ahead of the device's official launch in New York next Tuesday. > # Google HTC Android phone to be unveiled > # Telegraph Digital Life homepage > > Mike Jennings, one of the development team behind the Android > operating system, gave attendees at a Google Developer Day conference > a glimpse of how to design software for the device. > The Google HTC Android phone > > He created a simple game showing a blue dot bouncing around the > phone's screen, which moved as the handset was tilted. > > Although the phone was obscured by masking tape, it is reported to > have looked like the Dream, a handset developed by Taiwanese > manufacturer HTC, which is expected to be the first commercially > available mobile phone to run Android. > > Google and T-Mobile are holding a joint press conference in New York > next Tuesday, at which they are expected to confirm the launch of the > HTC Dream and reveal further pricing information as well as details > about the phone's final operating system. > > <more> > > There's a worm in the Apple. ;-) > > Terry > >
