If you have been following me on Twitter, you can probably tell that I’m very excited about the next release of Google’s Android Phone. It’s called the G2 and will be exclusively distributed by Vodaphone.
Check out this video. It shows off the qwerty keyboard with predictive text and corrective text.
The release date is 1 May 2009 for the UK and they are accepting orders for it now. There’s been a lot of chatter about it on blogs, tech and gadget websites, and video demo’s are popping up everywhere on youtube, vidder, etc…
Why am I excited about the Android? Because the platform is opensource so it opens up to the possibility of more applications. And you know developers can come up with some crazy apps! It will be superior to the iphone.
At the moment, the release date is set for the following countries and this is what they are getting:
Germany – black version
Italy – black and white version (why?!!!)
Spain – white version
HTC Magic - Google Android phone
The obvious question is – when will it be released in Australia? There are no plans at the moment. I couldn’t find anything on the internet. Why am I not suprised? I checked the vodaphone website in Australia, they don’t even list HTC phones on there!! Optus is still flogging off the G1 (first version) aka the HTC Dream. According to ZDNeT:
“As with the Dream, HTC will be announcing the Magic for different countries only after it has secured operator partnerships. Vodafone will be selling it in Europe but there have been no announcements for Australia yet.”
#vodaphoneaustraliafail
I’m out like the G1,
Matt Ho
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