Contrary to recent speculation, Samsung announced the company won’t introduce a mobile phone based on Google’s Android mobile operating system next week. The launch of this phone based on Android has been delayed until the second half of this year, according to the company.
According to some reports, Samsung had planned to introduce the Android phone next week during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) event in Barcelona, but the head of marketing at Samsung’s mobile division, Younghee Lee, denied the rumors in an interview with the British newspaper The Guardian. Lee confirmed that the Samsung’s Android phone would not be ready to be announced at the MWC 2009 next week and also he said to the British newspaper that the company is “planning internally” for a release in the second half of the year.
This year, many other makers are close to launch mobile phones that use Google Android. For example, the T-Mobile G2, which is manufactured by Taiwanese company HTC, is supposed to be introduced soon (maybe in May). Also, it is very possible that Sony Ericsson, Motorola, LG, Asus and Toshiba launch Android smartphones during this year.
Some people say that the Samsung’s Android phone will be thin and glossy, just like the Samsung’s Omnia and Instinct models. But, the truth is that no specifications or images have been published officially. So at this time, it’s really difficult to know how the new Android phones will look like (including phones from all the makers, not only from Samsung).
