Telstra to Launch Android Phone?

Author: Chris

12 Jan

In case you were wondering how come we didn’t cover future Android phones shown at CES, the answer is simple: Google didn’t announce any other Android phones at CES. But that doesn’t mean we’re not going to have plenty of Android smartphones in 2009. We’ve seen quite a few manufacturers eager to make some. And now we can add to the Android-lovers list an Australian carrier too. Telstra is saying that an Android phone from HTC is headed its way and it will be launched in the second quarter of 2009. An executive is saying that the new phone will be better and more functional than the Pre. Notice how he doesn’t say it’s going to be better than the iPhone or the Storm? Is the Pre the new standard?

We have no clear details yet and this might be just a rumor which won’t be confirmed. The phone should run a version of Android with various HTC tweaks and it will come with a huge display. HTC Touch HD with Android? We’ve heard that combo rumored before. Hopefully we’ll find out more in the following months.

via wmpoweruser

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A January 13th, 2009 at 4:05 am 2
If Telstra brings out something like the HTC Touch HD with Android, I’ll buy it.

But only because i have to be with telstra - if pretty much ANY of the other players provided me with coverage, i’d switch.
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Theotherguy January 21st, 2009 at 8:05 pm 4
Ahh stuff it! I been waiting for the Touch HD MS version of bloody ages from Telstra as my company phone is with Telstra.
I encoded via Windows Media player a half meter stack (case-less) of music CDs in MS’s new WMA 10 Pro format which basically only MS based OS devices can play.
Now I am finding out Telstra aren’t going to release the standard Touch HD, they are changing to Android crap!

Android Mobile phone OS SOOOO dodgey that sending “reboot” as a SMS reboots the whole friggin phone because it secretly sends it over a local command line as root.
Just like the standard reboot command with linux on a PC in other words.. I am not touching Android! I will at the very least have to re-encode my CDs or change carriers.
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