Unsure how many customers a Sprint iPhone will attract, AT&T is preparing five new Android-based smartphones designed to counter Apple’s latest handset. The new crop of phones powered by Google’s mobile operating system include devices from Motorola and Samsung.
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Android players Google and Samsung have decided to delay introducing a new phone, possibly out of respect for the recent death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. In a joint statement, the two firms said a planned Oct. 11 unveiling “is just not the right time to announce a new product.”
More signs Android is taking a growing share of the operating software for smartphones in the United States. Google’s mobile OS has 43.7 percent of the U.S. market, according to August research by Internet measurement firm ComScore. The nearly 44 percent market ownership is a 5.6 percent jump from the end of May.
After a furor from the gay community over an app asking the question ‘Is My Son Gay?’, the Android Market has apparently yanked the title. “Google had pulled it from the site unilaterally,” an Australian news site reported Tuesday. Turns out, the app designed to help mothers determine whether they sons are gay, was commissioned by a French author to promote his book.
What many analysts earlier presumed to be a shot across Apple’s bow, after Wednesday’s unveiling of Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet, could actually torpedo the chances of inexpensive Android devices to challenge the iPad. Android tablets, unable to match the iPad’s features and design were hoping to undercut Apple’s pricing — that is until news of the Fire’s $199 price tag.
