Will Apple or Android get in my pocket?

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

Following the unexpected demonstration of an Android handset here at Google’s Developer Day, more information about the OS and the upcoming handset has been leaking out of Android boss Mike Jennings in the last hour, as nearly a hundred curious developers fire volley after volley of tough questions at him.

He’s already using an Android-based handset as his personal phone, he claims, although he has to switch to another when in public. “Soon I’ll be able to show it off in less controlled conditions,” he says hopefully, carefully revealing nothing about the official release date.

Personally, I have six months left on my own mobile contract, and Google has just less than that time to tempt me away from an iPhone. What I’ve seen this morning bodes well, but I’m not the only one who needs to be won over.

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