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Dec 23, 2008 gps navigation, phones

A lot of rumors are popping up around the internets about the new Android powered phones – all of which are of course GPS enabled. We’re happy to hear about these rumors as we would happily vote for T-Mobile’s G1 as the ‘fugliest’ high end phone if there was such a competition.

OK, here is the latest from the Android world:

Garmin: According to some sources Garmin’s highly anticipated nuviphone will keep its modified Linux OS but come second half of 2009 we can expect to see a few Android powered Garmin phones. If you remember Garmin earlier this month became a member of ‘open handset alliance’ which is the group behind the Android platform.

…We do have an Android-based phone under development; however, we are not releasing any additional information about that product at this time…

GPS? Of course. It is Garmin after all.

Sony Ericsson: Not much yet except this image of a concept device. See above. However there are some news about Sony Ericsson readying Android phones for summer of 2009. Considering Sony Ericsson also joined OHA this may have some truth to it.

HTC: The manufacturer of the original T-Mobile G1, HTC, is rumored to be working on G2, again for T-Mobile. It is said the new G2 will feature a full touch screen interface, have a trackball at the bottom, and be released as early as April.

Samsung: We just talked about the rumors about Samsung working on an Android phone. To summarize their new Android handset will resemble both Omnia and Instinct and will be available second quarter of 2009.

That’s all we’ve heard of so far. If you know of any other next-gen android phones do let us know.

UPDATE:
HKC: HKC Pearl is a new one.