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It appears that Vodafone are getting ready to reveal their first Android powered handset. According to reports from BoyGenius, the new Vodafone handset will a European exclusive to boot!
As you can see from the image, it appears that what many Android fans believed to be the HTC G2 is in fact now the HTC Magic - although that name may again differ.
Other than a handful of rendered images, little is know about the HTC Magic handset, although Vodafone are expected to make an announcement this week at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona.
[via BoyGeniusReport.com]
During Motorola's Q4 earnings call this morning, co-CEO Sanjay Jha revealed that Motorola are shifting their focus away from Windows Mobile in favour of the Android platform.
Jha is quoted as saying that the Google Android platform is "more competitive" than the current Windows Mobile 6.
Motorola are expected to release an Android phone by the end of this year.
Reports are sweeping across the various tech blogs this morning, confirming that a new firmware update for the T-Mobile G1 is now available. So far limited to the US, the RC33 G1 update has already made its way to a handful of G1 owners.
It is not currently known what new features this new update contains, but it has been confirmed that this isn't the much anticipated 'Cupcake' update.
“To ensure a great experience with the T-Mobile G1 with Google, customers with these devices will receive an Over the Air (OTA) update to their devices between February 5 and February 15. This OTA will include new system enhancements such as the ability to save pictures or files to file by long-pressing an item, check for system updates, and use the Google Voice Search feature. The OTA will also fix a number of known issues. New G1 activations will receive the OTA up to three days after service has been activated.”
In the past, the UK G1 update has followed the US release so hopefully we should expect to see an RC 9 firmware update over the coming weeks.
Stay tuned for more on this new update as soon as we get it.
According to reports from Dutch website GSMHelpdesk.nl, Samsung are planning to unveil the first Android phone at this months Mobile World congress event.
Here's the google translated passage from their website:
Samsung’s first Android phone
If the coconut maroon Samsung will have two weeks to announce its first Android smartphone. How exactly this unit will be and what it will offer, we must still secret, but we can say that it is promising with a lot of convenience as we are accustomed from Samsung.
Two weeks to go, the countdown can begin. Samsung is at least ready, and we of course!
Samsung plan to release a number of Android powered handsets during the course of 2009. We'll keep you guys up-to-date on all the latest announcements and updates from the Mobile World Congress 2009.
A number of new Android handsets are expected to be announced over the coming few months, including the T-Mobile G2.
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