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20080808 Friday August 08, 2008

Google's Android sinking further and further into quicksand

When a technical project like Google's Android is mired in the quicksand of slipping delivery dates and bailing developers (who are abandoning Android faster than rodents from a sinking Titanic), it's hard for all those still stuck in that quicksand to see all the struggling just makes them sink faster into the pit.

See:

HTC rumored to be slipping delivery of Google Android

Here's a quote: 

 Handset maker [HTC] is "having 
 structural problems to incorporate 
 Google’s demanded feature set"; 
 HTC is "demanding a guaranteed 
 minimum revenue surety from Google", 
 from which Chowdhry concludes that 
 "Probably HTC does not think there 
 will be enough demand for GPhone."
But, I'm sure a company like Google can pull out of this. No problem. Just like Google Video, right? Oh, wait... bad example. They canned Google Video (for YouTube), didn't they? :-)

[Java ME and J2ME] ( August 08, 2008 03:00 PM ) Permalink Comments [5]

Comments:

The rumor today is that it will be available as early as next month ;)
http://blogs.zdnet.com/mobile-gadgeteer/?p=1356

Posted by Wendong Li on August 12, 2008 at 02:22 PM PDT #

Heh-heh-heh... :-) Yeah, and I got some subprime mortgages to sell anyone that believes that rumor! ;-)

Here's another article about Google Android's many unhappy developers:

http://www.macworld.com/article/134955/2008/08/android.html

Sheesh, it seems like Google Android's new slogan is: "First, do as much harm as possible (to your own developers)..." :-|

Hinkmond

Posted by Hinkmond Wong on August 12, 2008 at 02:34 PM PDT #

I have been a Java ME developer for many years now, nonetheless I see much potential in Android. After some difficult labour, Android will gain momentum very quickly, and developers will flock to it (and to the iPhone SDK).

Posted by Silvano on August 13, 2008 at 11:54 AM PDT #

I'll see your article predicting the death of Android and I'll raise you 40+ articles from today confirming that the Google phone will ship in the next couple of months.

Would you like me to do the same thing regarding your article about how unhappy Android developers are? Be happy to oblige :-)

http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/08/15/liberal-media-deals-in-lies-nyt-rewrites-iphone-history/
http://www.contentinople.com/author.asp?section_id=603&doc_id=161680
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080815/android/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/15/t-mobile-is-dreaming-of-android-riches/
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/digitalcontent/2008/08/google_phone_due_in_october.html
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/TMobile-To-Get-Google-Android-Phone-First-97000
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/08/15/htcs_dream_googlephone_expected_before_christmas.html
http://gizmodo.com/5037402/first-android-phone-coming-september-17-sources
http://searchengineland.com/080815-093422.php
http://cybernetnews.com/2008/08/15/android-phone-launches-in-september/
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/08/15/android-to-come-out-of-hiding-next-month/
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/TMobile-to-Offer-AndroidBased-Phone/
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/08/15/googles-android-phone-slated-for-autumn-arrival
http://www.gadgetell.com/tech/comment/google-powered-mobile-phone-coming-to-us-before-christmas-via-htc-t-mobile/
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/08/tmobile_usa_and.html
http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2008/08/15/get-ready-for-the-battle-of-the-superphones/
http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/08/15/htc.dream.confirmed/
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/new-york-times-t-mobile-will-be-first-android-phone/2008-08-15?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&cmp-id=OTC-RSS-FW0
http://www.moconews.net/entry/419-google-android-phone-to-debut-as-early-as-october-report/
http://www.shellypalmermedia.com/2008/08/15/t-mobile-first-to-offer-phone-with-googles-android-mediabytes-with-shelly-palmer-august-15-2008-3/
http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/t-mobile-usa-launch-first-android-device-late-08/2008-08-15?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&cmp-id=OTC-RSS-FMC0
http://telecompetitor.com/node/769
http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/08/15/yup-t-mobile-will-get-the-first-android-phone-this-year-the-htc-dream/
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/15/t-mobile-to-sell-first-android-phone-in-october/
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/08/15/android-phones-comin.html
http://www.lockergnome.com/jfcapasso/2008/08/15/the-google-smartphone/
http://mobilitysite.com/2008/08/htc-android-phone-to-t-mobile-as-early-as-october/
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=1118
http://www.phonescoop.com/news/item.php?n=3275
http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/08/htc_android_coming_in_september.html
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/8/gphone-finally-coming-about-time-
http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/08/is-there-a-mobile-divide/
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/08/first-google-an.html

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http://www.livedigitally.com/
http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/08/15/liberal-media-deals-in-lies-nyt-rewrites-iphone-history/
http://www.contentinople.com/
http://www.contentinople.com/author.asp?section_id=603&amp;doc_id=161680
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080815/android/
http://www.techcrunch.com/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/15/t-mobile-is-dreaming-of-android-riches/
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/digitalcontent/
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/digitalcontent/2008/08/google_phone_due_in_october.html
http://www.dslreports.com/
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/TMobile-To-Get-Google-Android-Phone-First-97000
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/08/15/htcs_dream_googlephone_expected_before_christmas.html
http://gizmodo.com/
http://gizmodo.com/5037402/first-android-phone-coming-september-17-sources
http://searchengineland.com/
http://searchengineland.com/080815-093422.php
http://cybernetnews.com/
http://cybernetnews.com/2008/08/15/android-phone-launches-in-september/
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/08/15/android-to-come-out-of-hiding-next-month/
http://www.eweek.com/
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/TMobile-to-Offer-AndroidBased-Phone/
http://www.webpronews.com/
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/08/15/googles-android-phone-slated-for-autumn-arrival
http://www.gadgetell.com/
http://www.gadgetell.com/tech/comment/google-powered-mobile-phone-coming-to-us-before-christmas-via-htc-t-mobile/
http://www.informationweek.com/
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/08/tmobile_usa_and.html
http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile
http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2008/08/15/get-ready-for-the-battle-of-the-superphones/
http://www.electronista.com/
http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/08/15/htc.dream.confirmed/
http://www.fiercewireless.com/news/frontpage
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/new-york-times-t-mobile-will-be-first-android-phone/2008-08-15?utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_source=rss&amp;cmp-id=OTC-RSS-FW0
http://www.moconews.net/
http://www.moconews.net/entry/419-google-android-phone-to-debut-as-early-as-october-report/
http://www.shellypalmermedia.com/
http://www.shellypalmermedia.com/2008/08/15/t-mobile-first-to-offer-phone-with-googles-android-mediabytes-with-shelly-palmer-august-15-2008-3/
http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/news/frontpage
http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/t-mobile-usa-launch-first-android-device-late-08/2008-08-15?utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_source=rss&amp;cmp-id=OTC-RSS-FMC0
http://telecompetitor.com/
http://telecompetitor.com/node/769
http://www.crunchgear.com/
http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/08/15/yup-t-mobile-will-get-the-first-android-phone-this-year-the-htc-dream/
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/08/15/t-mobile-to-sell-first-android-phone-in-october/
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/08/15/android-phones-comin.html
http://www.lockergnome.com/
http://www.lockergnome.com/jfcapasso/2008/08/15/the-google-smartphone/
http://mobilitysite.com/
http://mobilitysite.com/2008/08/htc-android-phone-to-t-mobile-as-early-as-october/
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=1118
http://www.phonescoop.com/
http://www.phonescoop.com/news/item.php?n=3275
http://www.smstextnews.com/
http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/08/htc_android_coming_in_september.html
http://www.alleyinsider.com/
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/8/gphone-finally-coming-about-time-
http://www.socialtimes.com/
http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/08/is-there-a-mobile-divide/
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/08/first-google-an.html

Posted by Mobile observer on August 15, 2008 at 10:00 AM PDT #

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