GPhone Prototype Debuts At Mobile World Congress
by Duncan Riley on February 11, 2008

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The first official prototype of a phone running Google’s Android platform has debuted at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today. Upstaging the usually quick blog media, AP captured the first shot (above), left of picture we’ve blown up the phone for a closer look.

Samsung said yesterday that it won’t debut an Android powered phone until 2009, and AP reports that the first Android powered phones are due for a second quarter release, so despite earlier rumors of a February launch date, the world will have to wait for its GPhones.

Tune into CrunchGear for all the latest news from the Mobile World Congress.

Comments

It will be interesting to see this one compete with the IPhone :-D

 

Ha, that thing is ugly as sin.

 
 

Ravi: I think you’re absolutely right. That pretty much *is* a P990.

 

Sergey Brin and Steve Horowitz demo’d one several months ago. This isn’t a first look at the Android OS.

 

Zis is da Sony Ericsson, relax people

 

most of the phones they’ve shown android on have been pretty ugly. Wheres the “Iphone killer?”

 
 
 

Though skeptics see ulterior motives and question just how easy Verizon will make it for rival products to get on its network, the surprise embrace of an open-access model and of the Android software culminates a dramatic yearlong evolution in the company’s thinking.

 
 

It’s not looks like Sony Ericsson P990. It is the SE P990!

 

i understand that phones w/ video cameras will have videoconferencing. remember google’s not making the hardware. so don’t harp about it not being an iphone killer. This is a developer friendly phone. so it will be very useful. hopefully unlocked.

 

Hey the phone looks little heavy, not so cute & about the features….. hmm we have to wait

 

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