The Android Wars: The Battle for Smartphone Users Begins!

“As I am sure all of you have heard the release of Google’s open source operating system is right around the corner. As Jon posted yesterday, T-Mobile is having some weird special event pre-sale to kick off the release of the first Android device, the HTC Dream, and T-Mobile subscribers can expect to pick up this new handset for a mere $150USD. This is an amazing price for a touch screen smartphone. As some of you have probably heard me say before, as of the last Android SDK release, the operating system felt more like a collection of stuff rather than a useable mobile platform. With the recent release of the Android SDK we can see a lot of that “hobbyist” feel that usually accompanies most things open source start to peel away from the device as Google shapes Android up to a viable iPhone killer.” Read more here: