seattlepi.nwsource.com - 12/11/2008
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Sprint Nextel Corp. is ready to offer a phone based on Google Inc.'s Android operating system within a year.
forum.xda-developers.com - 12/10/2008
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forum.xda-developers.com —
Hi All, I've managed to get Linux and
Android up and running on Vogue. I've put everything...
you need at http://cs-alb-pc3.massey.ac.nz/vogue . Just download the latest android zip file, copy system.img and data.gz to the root of your sd card and all ...
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phonescoop.com - 12/12/2008
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phonescoop.com —
Sprint may have recently said publicly that Google's
Android platform isn't quite ready yet, but that is...
not stopping the company from watching Android's development carefully. Sprint's vice president of products and devices, Kevin Packingham, ...
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Sprint Says It Will Offer Android 'When the Time Is Right'
venturebeat.com - 12/12/2008
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venturebeat.com —
Rana Sobhany is VP of Marketing at New
York-based Medialets , a premium advertising network and analytics...
provider for mobile platforms such as iPhone and Android. At this point, it’s safe to say that no one anticipated how large the download ...
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Where are all the Android apps?
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Sprint hoping Android will help to bring customers back
MobileCrunch —
... Sprint Nextel Corp. wants to regain the 3 million customers it has lost this year (probably due to the iPhone) with the help of a new Android phone. It is ready to release a phone based on Google’s operating system within a year, and is hoping that a high-profile handset might help get back those lost customers. It might be too little, too late, but we’ll soon find out. ...
Sprint Android will help to lure customers
CrunchGear —
... Sprint Nextel Corp. wants to regain the 3 million customers it has lost this year (probably due to the iPhone) with the help of a new Android phone. It is ready to release a phone based on Google’s operating system within a year, and is hoping that a high-profile handset might help get back those lost customers. It might be too little, too late, but we’ll soon find out. ...
Sprint Says It Will Offer Android 'When the Time Is Right'
Phone Scoop - Latest News —
... ready yet, but that is not stopping the company from watching Android's development carefully. Sprint's vice president of products and devices, Kevin Packingham, recently said that, "We believe in the vision for Android, so we want to see it get bigger and get healthy. We can, when the timing's right, pull the trigger." Packingham also said that Sprint will work with chip vendors and device makers to bring an Android phone to market, and will have such a device ready within a year. more info at Bloomberg / Seattle Tech Report ...
Sprint keeping a watchful eye on G1, will offer Android when it's good and ready
Engadget —
... Okay, so maybe Android isn't ready for prime time -- we're not here to judge, at least not at the moment -- but Sprint's still fully committed to launching a Google-powered set down the road, as evidenced by Miner's cameo at its developer conference ...
Sprint keeping a watchful eye on G1, will offer Android when it's good and ready
Engadget Mobile —
... Okay, so maybe Android isn't ready for prime time -- we're not here to judge, at least not at the moment -- but Sprint's still fully committed to launching a Google-powered set down the road, as evidenced by Miner's cameo at its developer conference ...
Sprint Android Phone Coming In 2009
Android Phone Fans —
... and devices. “We can, when the timing’s right, pull the trigger.”
So yeah, we’re not sure where this 1-year thing is coming from but the bottom line is that Sprint seems poised to take action. So where will they get their phone from? Hopefully they’re not waiting for Motorola and instead they’re getting ready to pull the trigger on the HTC portfolio or Sony Ericsson offering in the Summer of 2009.
[Via SeattlePi.com]
Sprint waiting for Android, may launch a device “within a year”
Android Authority —
... According to a story posted by the Seattle Tech Report , Sprint is in no hurry to get an Android powered cell phone out the door. It wasn’t so long ago that Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said that ...
Sprint Avoids Google's Android Craze For Now
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs —
... carrier is still non-committal about a timeframe. "We believe in the vision for Android, so we want to see it get bigger and get healthy," Kevin Packingham, Sprint's VP of products, told Bloomberg News . "We can, when the timing's right, pull the trigger." Sprint is a member of the ...
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Google brings street views to Windows Mobile and S60 —
The Register 12/11/2008
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Lenovo Offers Android Phone in China —
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I dont think most of us would look at the T-Mobile G1 and think it was one of the sexiest phones we have seen. Lenovo has an Android powered phone in China that is a sexy looking little beast though. Alas, if your geek lust is stoked by the ...