2009 is going to be a big year for the fans of Android operating system phones. According to the reports handsets with various form factors will hit the market in 2009, and the emergence of Android could be especially bad for Windows Mobile, Palm, and Symbian.
Samsung, Motorola and Sony all are pitching up with Android phones in coming year, so it’s going to be an Android war.
In the first quarter of 2009 Samsung is reportedly readying a touch-screen Android phone that could have a similar form factor as the company’s Instinct or Behold smartphones. These devices would require Android’s virtual keyboard.
Now a days T-Mobile’s G1 is the only commercially available Android-powered smartphone, but the handset’s design has been hit or miss with many critics and customers.
Very few details have emerged on Motorola’s Android phones, but the first handset is reportedly going to have strong integration with social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace.
Sony Ericsson recently joined the Open Handset Alliance, and its Android handsets are still in the prototype phase. The company is well-known for its design of midlevel handsets, and an Android-powered phone should hit in the middle of next year.
Consumer electronics makers like Garmin is known for making personal navigation units, but it confirmed that it does have an Android-powered phone in development.
