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Samsung-releasing,Google-branded Android phones

engadget.com — According to man-about-town, Robert X. Cringely, Samsung is readying not one, but two separate Android-based phones, one of which is due in September, with another model following around Christmas.

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  • squirrel83, on 02/20/2008, -3/+10sweeet
    • diggpandit, on 02/20/2008, -12/+2Ya sweet, Google Sweet is the first thing, and now Google Phones, what else remains?

      I already do use:-
      1) I google "Google"
      2) Google Mail
      3) Google Calendar
      4) Google Earth
      5) Google Sun (it heats solar panel more faster than the real sun)
      6) Google Toothpaste, (It crawls throughout my tooth, mouth googling for germs :) )
      7) Google Milk, (From a new hybrid cow named Google)
      8) Google blah...blah

      and now....Google Phone...whats new in it?....is it worth digging?
    • halohunter, on 02/20/2008, -0/+3ooo that hits the G spot. :P
    • apoc06, on 02/20/2008, -0/+4hmmm, maybe im getting lazy in my old age, but your idea for google toothpaste has potential
    • jabberwolf, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1GREAT ! Another palm pilot, I mean, google pilot, I mean google phone!
      And it's sooo much better because it has Google on it, they told me so !
      • rpgmaker, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1Exactly, except for its openness it doesn't bring too much to the table right now. I particularly prefer the Nokia N95 or the Sony Ericsson W series but the iPhone is considerably cheaper than those right now (399 8GB model). I might end up picking up an iPhone after all, the battery life while listening music is the only thing that its keeping me from bying one right now, can someone enlighten me about that issue?
    • eagles2k3, on 02/20/2008, -1/+1Who cares? Another smartphone. Explain why this one will be better than say the...i don't know....iPhone?
      • igob8a, on 02/21/2008, -0/+1Well being Samsung,
        3G, removable battery, GPS, 2MP+ camera with video, DMB...
        And this really cool new technology called buttons
        And being Google,
        Open source, google programs/services, google developers etc
  • killadingo, on 02/20/2008, -0/+30Yeah as I posted in that article itself, I hope Google finally releases a Contacts API so that my smartphone can sync with my Google gmail contacts. Who wants to manage multiple contact lists???
  • ejderha, on 02/20/2008, -2/+7great news, I hope there will be many more android phones around, some decent kick to iPhone
    • imaxami, on 02/20/2008, -2/+2insert snarky yet generic fanboy retort here
      • vuke69, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1Wax poetic how that is played out, and therefore an epic fail (which itself is played out; causing an infinite recursion, and forcing space-time to collapse in on itself in a noble last ditch effort to prevent any more stupid digg posts)
    • superkendall, on 02/20/2008, -1/+3I am really looking forward to the openness the Android phones offer, but they compete against every other phone but the iPhone. Android has to keep the UI very generic to accommodate many devices so they just can't get the refinement or ease of use the iPhone offers. But what they can offer is a well-built platform that people will also be able to extend, on much cheaper phones. Even wit the iPhone SDK coming out shortly Android has the potential to take over the lower end of the market in terms of phone OS.
    • ThankTheCheese, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1Competition is good for everyone. Hopefully the threat of a gPhone will light a fire under apple have make them release iPhones in all the countries that don't have it at the moment.
  • trimmedinred, on 02/20/2008, -1/+15i think i will hold out for a touchscreen android, but this is certainly exciting news
    • iofthestorm, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1Do you see that stylus? Generally non-touchscreen phones don't come with styli. Although that's probably just a mockup, I would bet that at least one of the two will be touchscreen since that seems to be the wave of the future these days.
      • ozid, on 02/20/2008, -1/+1stop being a jackass. it says nothing about a touchscreen and its not probably a mockup, its an old phone with android pasted on top of the screen.
    • sn0wmis3r, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1Android already has touchscreen support, its samsung who needs to implement it better
  • Theli, on 02/20/2008, -2/+4So there will be a Google-phone after all?
  • maveric101, on 02/20/2008, -1/+7pretty exciting, though i was hoping for a sweeter phone (currently eying the EXPERIA X1).

    as to ejderha's comment - don't rank people down for wanting iPhone destroyer/competitor. competition can only be good for the consumer, leading to better devices and lower prices. the iPhone set a high standard. it should be every major manufacturer's goal to best it.
    • Justice101, on 02/20/2008, -0/+2I'd like an Xperia X1 with Android...phone hackers asssemble! :)
  • truspect0r, on 02/20/2008, -3/+6Google branded phones? hmm
  • doyoulikeworms, on 02/20/2008, -1/+29Is it perpetually in beta release? ;)
  • deviouskoopa, on 02/20/2008, -1/+8I for one welcome our...

    I mean... Samsung? Kickass, finally!
  • ctrlfreak13, on 02/20/2008, -0/+12Hopefully it won't be a carrier-exclusive release, I want to be able to actually buy and use the phone without having to switch providers or dealing with having a bricked phone every few weeks because it was unlocked.
  • LastDitchHero, on 02/20/2008, -0/+0Please sync with Evolution!!!
  • postitnote, on 02/20/2008, -2/+28Random comma in the, middle of a sentence.
    • iofthestorm, on 02/20/2008, -0/+3Judging,from the lack of a,space, I think,he missed the spacebar.
    • sleepwalkers, on 02/20/2008, -0/+3Random-dash in the middle of two words, too.
  • ZeDJS, on 02/20/2008, -1/+1I hope Google puts some apps in that phone software! They better if they brand the damn thing!
    • iofthestorm, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1They're making the OS, you'd think they'd make some apps for it, no?
  • encrypter, on 02/20/2008, -0/+4the gPhone lives!
  • bunkka, on 02/20/2008, -0/+2okay, i'll wait till I see the phone
  • TiMMY8765, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1arg, 3 months too late for my contract expiration
  • ArthurSucks, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1I want!
  • iatealitlebabie, on 02/20/2008, -2/+2Doesnt look very design 2.0ish... boo
  • D3koy, on 02/20/2008, -0/+4It's not as slick looking as I hoped it would...I'm sure it will be greatly improved upon though...
  • BIGJHUB, on 02/20/2008, -0/+2Yay for speculation.
  • Jalh, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1if the phone won't be able for verizon, i'll switch to any other company.
  • DreKor, on 02/20/2008, -3/+2That's a pretty ugly mock up. And, I'm pretty sure those are BlackBerry keys.
    • crazzy88ss, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1Those are BlackJack 1 keys... which is made by Samsung. :/
  • Diggsterrr, on 02/20/2008, -1/+1google is going to take over the world... mark my words
    • MacParrot, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1If I mark your words, I won't be able to see them very well
  • lex0nyc, on 02/20/2008, -0/+4Finally, an un-evil phone!

    What do mean I have to pick a carrier?

    Damn, foiled again.
  • LewisBreaker, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1My only issue is that google's logo wont look good a phone, there are too many colours!
  • wipis, on 02/20/2008, -5/+1May I please direct your attention to the following?
    http://digg.com/apple/The_Apple_Product_Cycle_7
    • belzoradon, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1which is exactly why i dont do anything technological till i can see atleast a photo of the unit
  • crazzy88ss, on 02/20/2008, -4/+1Did anybody else think the stylus was a side view of the phone and totally freak out? No...? Just me...
  • microview2007, on 02/20/2008, -1/+1As a test engineer, this is the lamest UI i've seen yet, and I truly want them to succeed. :(
  • Ovii, on 02/20/2008, -2/+2Who wants to look like a douchebag using a stylus anyway?
  • MaxMWood, on 02/20/2008, -1/+1It looks like *****. Basically.
  • zongamin, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1Buried for appalling use of punctuation in the title.
  • JustGrant, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1Shopped
  • PaulNHS, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1I want this phone
  • triskele, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1Samsung Blackjack body, BlackBerry keys, Nokia inspired nav buttons, GTK style status bar.... I call it the Frankenstein phone.
  • oshu, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1First, the phone pictured is not the phone described. The picture is just a mock up made for the article. So those of you who are saying it looks like crap, clue in, that isn't what it is going to look like.

    Second, you can bet that if Verizon offers a gPhone, they will cripple the hell out of it like they always do to cool phones. I hate you Verizon!
  • sgyoung, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1COOL IPHONE KILLER! jk, it sucks!
  • samdevon, on 02/20/2008, -1/+1I want one. iphones are BORING. good to see a company that i actually like, plus a great cellphone company working together. I have a samsung cell phone right now (SCH U-740), Amazing phone. With google being such a widely used company, I think the two together will really have potential to be the next big cellphone fad
  • tomzer1, on 02/21/2008, -0/+1A stylus? These days? Really? Well, have fun with that.
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