Could We See 50 New Android Phones Next Year?
Could We See 50 New Android Phones Next Year?
Posted 12/11/2009 at 7:02pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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At the start of 2009 there were rumblings that Android was failing as a platform. Phones running the Google-backed open source platform were few and far between for the first few months. Then, in recent months, the Android handsets started dropping more frequently. There are now about a dozen different Android phones floating around. But according to CCS Insight, the flood gates could open wide next year as manufacturers ship more than 50 devices.
Based on plans already announced from vendors, CCS believes that Android usage is about to ramp up quickly. “There are so many companies that have committed to delivering devices ... so to get to 50 isn't that difficult,” said Ben Wood from CCS. Sony Ericson is set to release their Xperia X10 in the first quarter, and HTC is expected to launch five phones in the first half of 2010. CCS also expects Motorola to continue on from the Droid and release about 10 new handsets in 2010.
CCS even speculated that the cost of Android phones could drop under $200 before carrier subsidy. If you thought you had a lot of smartphone choices in 2009, just wait.
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SillyElf74
December 13, 2009 at 9:59pm
This is eactly what Google wants. loots of phones runningg its new OS, getting the name and brand recognition out to the general public. I've said this recently in other stories like this: Android will be on 49 more phones than Apple this year. While all phones will not run the OS exactly the same, the open nature of the OS will IMO instigste a flood of developments, apps, and the reason to find Android a compelliing cell phone OS will grow. I have personally avoided an iPhone for 3 years because of the "closed garden" approach Apple uses in the app approval, and the phone is tied to the worst carrier in my area. I wonder how happy iPhone users in the SFO area feel right now to have a piece of hardware that has been unable to do nothing for 3 days. How many other carriers have had that negative PR on such a regular basis?. It's got a gad camers, no MMS, you can't tetheerthe phone, and now AT&T wants you to use les data you are all ready paying a premium for. Android is completeluy open to developers, allowing them to innovate in ways Apple would never let them. Personally I think 2010 will be the year of Andrioid, where it will showcase what it really can do, what the developers can do using the OS, and how the hardware will be combined with the OS in ways we never dreamed of. I know people LOVE their iPhones, but the Android OS offers enough tools and freedom to take down the iPhone in a major way. I look fowars to Apple's dominance in this market falling dramatically in 2010 when peope begin to say why can't my iPhone do that this Android phone can.
schwit
December 13, 2009 at 7:10pm
What good is a great phone if the provider shoots it in the foot by limiting capabilities or charging exorbitant fees for things like tethering?
JimmerSD
December 13, 2009 at 5:07pm
All I want is for t-mobile to support my year old G1 with Android 2.0
I Jedi
December 12, 2009 at 6:09pm
Cell phones/laptops are paving the way for the digital age. Mobility is where its going to be at. It's unfortunate because we may, in the next few years, see the end of the desktop computer as we currently know it.
mikeart03a
December 12, 2009 at 9:36pm
I don't know about desktops disappearing altogether... while Laptops and Smartphones getting more and more powerful these days, you still can't beat the raw horsepower or storage capacity of a desktop rig. While they are getting smaller themselves these days, they're also eclipsing laptops and smaller devices in terms of performance.
I don't know about you, but my 3ghz dual-core C2D desktop can chew through video projects faster than my (2.2ghz) dual-core C2D laptop with the same amount of RAM (4gb). I'm leaving gaming out of the picture as I'm only a casual gamer, but I do a lot of media work and desktops will always be my primary machine of choice. Also, you still can't cram 10tb (5x2tb) worth of HDs in a laptop yet. :P
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nekollx
December 14, 2009 at 9:46am
I think he means for the general user. Sure if your goingto Power anything (Power Gammer, Power CAD, Power Encoder...etc) you will get adesktop but granny and yer mom will run a lap/net/smart-book/top/phone
Hell i did this on a 3 year old laptop http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1DG9iniEO0
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AlaskaDrew
December 12, 2009 at 5:21pm
Cell phone shmellphone, how about some PC news? Bah, Maximum Cellphone
compro01
December 15, 2009 at 2:01pm
Who defines what a PC is? Will was talking about this just a few months ago
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/columns/release_notes_what_exactly_personal_computer
Baer
December 12, 2009 at 1:38pm
I was going to get a Verizon droid the other day until I found out that I also had to sign up for a Google Gmail acount. I do NOT want want a G mail acount so I guess it is back to a Blackberry for my next phone.
I Jedi
December 12, 2009 at 1:51pm
Wow, you got a Blackberry in place of the Droid because you didn't want to get Gmail? Something which you could have simply disregarded and forgotten about? Get out troll.
I Jedi
December 12, 2009 at 5:49am
Google isn't trying to beat the iPhone through innovation, they're trying to beat it with numbers! ZOMG
Quakindude
December 12, 2009 at 4:35am
$200 before being sub'ed by carriers? Hell yeah! Maybe then I could afford a new phone more often.
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QUINTIX256
December 12, 2009 at 5:56pm
Whatever happened to Windows Mobile and Palm?
You can have your recession. I'm not participating.
mesiah
December 12, 2009 at 8:29pm
I don't know that I would call windows mobile reliable. My last smart phone was a winmo device and doing anything more than making calls or scheduling something on the calender would often result in lockups. As for palm, the old palm os was very nice, and the new one is gorgeous. I just bought a new phone today and I will honestly say, if the pre felt as well built as a hero or iphone I would have bought it in a heartbeat, but unfortunately the hardware isn't as well built as the software this time around. That is a shame considering in the past palms phones were built like a rock. I fear that android and iphone are going to squeeze palm out of the market, and with it their OS. Because of that I am hesitant to buy a phone running web OS. I don't want to be tied to a dead product for 2 years.
athlon11
December 12, 2009 at 12:11am
Why the fuck did I buy my Droid now then, should have waited, lol.
AntiHero
December 12, 2009 at 1:37am
If you had waited, you would be saying it when you get the next phone. And such is the technology world.
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