Don’t worry Google, it happens to the best of us. Not being to perform as expected is something Google might have not foreseen. It is rumored that those Android powered smartphones are not to be expected anytime soon. With only T-Mobile and HTC to possibly, maybe, get an Android phone by the end of the year things aren’t looking good for Google and their increasing interest in the mobile market.

Guess who will benefit from this? Well everyone. Basically the Android was, I mean is, a hope. Do you feel you had enough Symbian? What about Windows Mobile? OS X anyone? Android could be a powerful adversary. And we should expect lots of applications to be designed for it being an open source thing and what not. Notice how it “could be” and it “should be” but it isn’t!

What is the problem Google? Developers apparently complained about various errors which weren’t yet corrected. Nextel Sprint will postpone launching an Android device to 2009. And so will China Mobile since there’s no language support for them yet.

The coalition of the willing, aka the Open Handset Alliance has lots of members. Manufacturers, carriers and third parties are interested in the Android idea and what it has to offer. But things aren’t moving in the good direction. I guess I’d better not start asking questions about the GPhone.

via Wall Street Journal