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NewsFactor - According to a Web report, there may be some problems with integrating the Google-led open-source mobile platform Android into devices, delaying the release of an Android phone until early next year.

According to a Web report, there may be some problems with integrating the Google-led open-source mobile platform Android into devices, delaying the release of an Android phone until early next year. The Barron's Tech Trader Daily Web site published a report Thursday that said the so-called "GPhone" cell phones, which are being manufactured by a variety of makers, could be delayed beyond the current expected release in late 2008. The site raises this possibility because one analyst, Trip Chowdhry of Global Equities Research, is quoted as saying that handset maker High Tech Computer (HTC) is having "structural problems" incorporating Google's feature set. The report follows recent assurances from HTC that its Android phones are on track. Minimum Revenue Guarantee? Chowdhry also said that not enough developers are being drawn to Android, because new software toolkits from Microsoft, Apple, Research in Motion and Nokia have lured developers to those established platforms. He also told Barron's that HTC is "demanding a guaranteed minimum revenue surety from Google, because it does not expect there will be enough demand for [the] GPhone." However, a Google spokesperson told news media that "we remain on schedule to deliver the first Android-based handset this year, and we're very excited to see the momentum continuing to build [for] the... [ Read more on www.yahoo.com ]

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