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Sep 22, 08 - 10:44 am Comment from: Wandering joe

"'Any launch short of the iPhone launch is going to seem small, so I think it's incumbent upon us to recognize that it doesn't get like that very often
It gets like that everytime Apple launches something new or opens a store!

"Gohring reports. "In fact, the hysteria surrounding the iPhone launch is likely never to be replicated in the mobile-phone world, he said.' "

Until the next iPhone is released that is!

And what about the HTC diamond? the Samsumg Instinc? the crapberry Thunder? the Bold? did any body made lines for that?
lol

Sep 22, 08 - 10:53 am Comment from: NCMacMan

so, apparently you have to be a genius to be an analyst.

I think 0.4 million Android phones in Q4 is a high estimate.

Don't count Google out on this. They have grand plans. And even if they can't match Apple its always good to have competition. Lets face it, Microsoft can't really be considered competition anymore at least in the mobile market. But if Google can get android into something thriving and healthy its going to force Apple to step up their game.

Sep 22, 08 - 11:23 am Comment from: ron

Let's hope it doesn't rain on their opening. We wouldn't want a wet Dream, now would we?

Sep 22, 08 - 11:37 am Comment from: Jubei

LOL... people actually expected lines for this? I hope not.

"Researchers from Strategy Analytics are predicting that 0.4 million Android phones will sell in the fourth quarter this year," Gohring reports.

That's a way of making it sound like a lot of phones. But basically that's only 400,00 phones in the quarter. Apple sold over a million in three days. There is no comparison.

Yawn! Google sucks! I fail to see what all the hype is about. Take a look at google.com and tell me if that is worth billions? NOT!

I am pretty happy with my iphone, I think I'll just stick with that....good luck Google

how would the normal person know what it can do? i have been following it very lightly, and i dont even know what i can do besides a webkit browser.....

why would any line form when there hasnt even been a formal public announcment, besides a press release if that has even happened.

Sep 22, 08 - 12:24 pm Comment from: Tommy Boy

If it weren't for this (Mac-related) website I wouldn't even know that the first Android phone was about to hit the market.

Sep 22, 08 - 12:42 pm Comment from: January 24, 1984

Lando Calrissian: "Having problems with your droid?"

Sep 22, 08 - 01:14 pm Comment from: emmayche

AFAICT, Android already fails the First Law test.

For the science-fiction deprived:

Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics:
1. A robot may not harm a human being, or through inaction allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey all orders from a human being, unless they conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must preserve its own existence, except where this conflicts with the First or Second Laws.

…it may not be as sexy as an iPhone—btw, if you stand in line for more than 8 hours to get something that will be readily available for years to come, I doubt your reasoning skills—but it's another dent in the cell phone industry. The open source OS on the phone as well as a truly open development platform is something to get excited about.

MDN sounds threatened judging from the headline. This phone isn't trying to copy the iPhone, it's just a natural progression of where telecommunications have led us. Android has been in development forever.

iPhones are like luxury cars: the gatekeeper is the manufacturer, replacement parts are expensive and the system is pretty closed. Any phone based around Android is more like a car you can soup up, not as sexy or buzzworthy, but just as intriguing.

And the functionality that comes built into the phone you can only find on Apples device if you void the warranty.

This is a phoneOS to watch, esp as it matures.

Sorry, but the main reason that the iPhone was such success is that Mac users created such a buzz around this. Only a Mac fanatic would be crazy enough to camp-out at an AT & T or Apple store just to be able to say they were one of the first to get an iPhone.

I'm not sure that Google brings off that much enthusiasm. However, the idea of a $200 Dream, and maybe a slightly better-priced data plan that T-Mobile has traditionally had over AT & T, might be just enough inducement to attract a small crowd. I'm definitely curious about it.

Sep 22, 08 - 04:20 pm Comment from: M. T. MacPhee

Hysteria???

More like joyful throngs grateful that they can finally invest in a cellphone that works the way a phone should - something the other guys still haven't figured out. Then add in all the other features, and every bit of the hype is completely justified.

P.S. Autocorrect is fscking brilliant!

Sep 22, 08 - 05:01 pm Comment from: jocknerd

Thats because these people have lives.

Sep 22, 08 - 05:42 pm Comment from: wjw1

Isn't Android in perpetual BETA (like all other Google systems/apps/applets)?

400k seems a very lofty goal for the first year considering their still working on the bugs? http://code.google.com/android/download_list.html link is to current v.9 beta....

Sep 22, 08 - 06:02 pm Comment from: mreposter

Like many new linux products, this thing will probably be the hot thing - at least for the first couple of months. Then it'll be thrown in the corner when some other new linux thing comes out.

There are, what, thousands? of different versions of linux and linux desktops - all have had their 15 minutes of fame then quickly abandoned. Sorry, but the vast majority of us don't want to spend 23 hours a day hacking out phones, we just want them to work.

It's not just any other linux—btw, as far as linux goes there are tons of uses like TIVO, digital signage systems, Gas pumps, POS systems, server architectures that don't have a lot of consumer level mindshare yet are pretty dominant—This is a phone with an OS backed by one of the largest names on the internet.

The beauty of linux is that you can get it to run on anything. Ubuntu has been going strong for a few years, and the last time I tried to install Ubuntu on my old laptop, it was a far easier process than windows.

It's not linux on a phone, you're never going to have to compile something on your phone. This product will work out of the box, and the app experience will be just as good as apples.

I think I speak for quite a few people when I say that the reason I haven't bought an iPhone is because AT&T;sucks. The more choices, the better. Sure the phone isn't as trendy, but I get enough sex as it is.