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In an effort to stave off competition from KDDI and Softbank, Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo has announced that Android will have a spot among the ten smartphones they aim to release next year. Due within the first half of 2009, there’s no word if it will be the same G1 launched on T-Mobile two weeks back, although it’s likely considering how closeby HTC factories are. China also has plans to get Android rolling by 2009, likely around Q2, and are even more likely to adopt a preexisting HTC design. Whether or not DoCoMo and China Mobile will be offering some new Android hardware is uncertain, but I’m sure we’d like to see something new to give the platform a little more spice. As is, the G1′s form factor has more than a couple of people grimacing.
[Taipei Times via Talk Android]
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
