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by jemmons 6169 days ago
I know we're not supposed to ding Android for the G1's faults. But it's been, what, over a year and a half since the OHA unveiled the platform? Doesn't Android deserve some blame for being an OS that, in 20 months, only one company has been able to put on one model of one phone?

I'm looking forward to all of the new Android devices that are apparently waiting in the wings, but this long downtime hasn't done the platform any favors.
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dflock 6169 days ago
The future that your looking forward to is already here but, as usual, not evenly distributed yet. I live in the UK and have had an HTC magic (http://www.htc.com/www/product/magic/overview.html) for a couple of months (with vodafone). It's a really good handset.
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nailer 6168 days ago
> Doesn't Android deserve some blame for being an OS that, in 20 months, only one company has been able to put on one model of one phone?

Here in the UK there's three in the shops right now:

* G1

* Magic

* Hero

The last of which happens to be awesome [1].

[1] http://www.slashgear.com/htc-hero-review-2149880/

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