HTC to launch touchscreen competitor - G2?
Allot of buzz today about HTC plans to announce a new Touchscreen iPhone competitor running Android/Linux some time this year.
HTC is the manufacturer of the T-Mobile G1 which runs Android (that I had a chance to spend some time with) and the Apple iPhone and the new Palm Pre, according to an exclusive report by Smarthouse.
According to Smarthouse, the new HTC touchscreen phone has been developed using Google Android and a Linux-based software developed by HTC itself. In the Smarthouse report the Telestra executives also called the device “better and more functional” than webOS running on the new Palm Pre
“We have seen both and we believe that the new HTC phone will be a real competitor to the iPhone and the Pre which at this stage looks nice but is still not delivered to market,” Smarthouse reports the unnamed executives saying.”
HTC’s new phone is expected in the second quarter of 2009. Will this be the G2? HTC has the potential to make some really nice hardware, lets hope it has atleast multitouch, the option of an on screen potrait and landscape keyboard as we all know HTC loves some slide out qwerty’s. Let’s see where this all goes.
[via ZDNet]
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