Comments on: Latest Android rumor: presale beginning Sept 17

By: Eddie Monge

Eddie Monge — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:26:20 +0000

Dan,

Sure it should be possible. After all, its currently possible. While no true ROMs exist yet for Android (since its still so buggy), you can dual boot your phone to have both WinMo and Android.

So an switch to Android should be entirely possible, if not by Google, then by the community since Android is open source. Check out what is being done at
http://www.myhtcphone.com
for an idea.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:10:34 +0000

What I want to know is if HTC will enable true freedom on their devices and give an option of OS. I really like the look of the Touch Pro, but don’t want to be tied to WiMo. Would love to grab one now and upgrade to Android when it becomes available.

Anyone know if this kind of OS freedom is on the cards?

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:31:50 +0000

It’s nice to see that there’s new news showing up about the G1 these days. Lets just hope this news comes to fruition.

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:24:17 +0000

No way is there going to be a T-Mo handset in September – the OS is only 80% complete per the Android development team. Jesus, have some journalistic integrity.

By: Eddie Monge

Eddie Monge — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:40:10 +0000

Even if it does go on presale in September, it is only that, a presale. There is no word, other than by the end of the year, on when the actual phone itself will be launched.

Meanwhile, it seems like Google has done nothing with the SDK which leaves me wondering what will happen with app support since most of the apps developed thus far were for an older SDK and some don’t work with the newest one.

Cmon Google, keep up with your world dominance and give me another product to promote to others for you. While you do that I’ll help get the current SDK on existing devices like the Sprint Touch, which has a working installer for Android at http://www.myhtcphone.com

By: Greg Kumparak

Greg Kumparak — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:13:53 +0000

Hey David –

Not sure what you’re responding to. If it’s my “That was very much not the official site.” comment, the original post went out with a link to an HTC site that was pretty obviously a domain-squat, which I quickly pulled.

By: David

David — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:20:03 +0000

Greg,

We took this rumor in spades like everyone else would have but we have enough “proof” that we feel its verifiable and worth breaking. Like every blog that strives to be both honest and correct we wouldn’t have blogged such a thing if we felt that it wasn’t capable of coming to fruition.

Thanks!

David

By: internet video marketing

internet video marketing — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:06:34 +0000

Really… does anyone care about any other phone than the iphone? Android should have come out a year and a half ago if it wanted to compete in the mobile market. Give Apple 2 more years and everybody will a iphone. Remember the Ipod.

By: John Kreuzer

John Kreuzer — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:34:11 +0000

Let’s see what happens. There are so many rumors and so little proof at this time.

http://kreuzer33.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/google-android-to-arrive-in-september/

By: Greg Kumparak

Greg Kumparak — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:50:44 +0000

Yeah, you’re right. That was very much not the official site. Edited.

By: Wille

Wille — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:48:26 +0000

“Official site”? Are you sure?

The Google ads, generic design look of the Official site has me a bit suspicious of the legitimacy of the “HTC Dream” thing.
..also, the fact that the sitemap points back to Mobileroar.com, an independent review site written by someone named “Rob” seems a little unofficial to really be from HTC.

I might be wrong, but it sure does smell a bit strange.