Carriers in Europe to focus on Android-powered handsets at the expense of Windows Mobile
The four major telecom service providers in Europe - Vodafone, T-Mobile, Orange and Telefonica/O2 - all plan to launch Android-powered handsets in the second half of 2009 instead of their previous focus on Windows Mobile-based models, according to sources from Taiwan's handset industry.
The move is likely to gradually eat away the global market share currently enjoyed by Windows Mobile phones, the sources commented.
T-Mobile will spearhead in the launch of Android-powered phones, with plans to introduce Google phones coming from High Tech Computer (HTC), Samsung Electronics, Motorola, and Huawei Technologies, while Telefonica/O2 will begin to market Samsung's first Android-based handset, the i7500, at the end of this month, the sources noted.
The move is likely to gradually eat away the global market share currently enjoyed by Windows Mobile phones, the sources commented.
T-Mobile will spearhead in the launch of Android-powered phones, with plans to introduce Google phones coming from High Tech Computer (HTC), Samsung Electronics, Motorola, and Huawei Technologies, while Telefonica/O2 will begin to market Samsung's first Android-based handset, the i7500, at the end of this month, the sources noted.
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