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Exec: Samsung to Intro Android Phone in Second Quarter 2009

Dec 19, 2008, 12:54 PM by Eric M. Zeman

According to an unnamed Samsung executive being quoted in a Korean publication, Samsung is "accelerating the development process for [a] Google phone in order to meet the specific need of local carriers. [Samsung] will be able to release [a] Google phone in the second quarter of the next year in the U.S. market." Samsung Telecommunications America would not confirm the quote's accuracy, but did admit that Samsung is a member of the Open Handset Alliance, and is currently working on products based on the Android platform.

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mathiastck

Dec 19, 2008, 1:54 PM

looking forward to this

The GSM codebase for Android looks pretty strong. Samsung could really help solidify the CDMA version of Android. Maybe that will lure Verizon into supporting it.

robtheman

It's probably going to be another GSM phone.

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