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Report: Samsung Pushes Back Release Of Android-Based Phone


By Michele Masterson, ChannelWeb

11:03 AM EST Thu. Feb. 12, 2009
The Korea-based electronics giant Samsung has reportedly delayed its new Android-based phone until sometime later this year.

The hyped handset will not make its debut at the upcoming Mobile World Congress 2009, according to The Guardian.

Younghee Lee, head of marketing at Samsung's mobile device business, told the paper that although the new phone won't be unveiled at the show, the company is planning an international launch in the second half of the year. Lee said the company is still in talks with several carriers about the Samsung-designed Android phone.

In December, rumors hit the Web that Samsung's touch-screen Android phone was going to be sold in the U.S. through T-Mobile and Sprint Nextel, according to Korean-based ETNews. The new phone was said to be similar to the Instinct and Omnia non-QWERTY phones.

"We are accelerating the development process for Google phone in order to meet the specific need of local carriers," a Samsung official told the news site. "We will be able to release Google phone in the second quarter of the next year in the U.S. market."

The Korean-based electronics giant reportedly set up a team of Linux and Java experts last year to develop the phone.

Google Map, G-Talk and Google Search were some of the features that were said to be available on the phone.

 
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