April 28th, 2009
2nd generation Android phones battle it out with iPhone
By the end of this summer, users will have three Android powered cell phone models to chose from instead of just one. Joining the venerable HTC Dream (aka the T-Mobile G1) will be the HTC Magic (May) and the Samsung I7500 (June).
The new phones, running Android 1.5 (Cupcake edition) will be competing head to head with the Apple iPhone, running the iPhone OS 3.0. Assuming you’re lucky enough to live in an place where these phones are actually available, how do you decide which one to get? In this article I’ll briefly compare them in areas such as their displays, keyboards (or lack thereof), and applications.
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Ed Burnette is a professional developer and author of several articles and books about computing including Hello, Android: Introducing Google's Mobile Development Platform, 2nd Edition. For disclosure of Ed's industry affiliations, click here or to view his full profile click here.
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