Until the end of this year will be 18-20 of smartphones based on Android

Head of Google Mobile Platforms, Andy Rubin said at the conference of Google I / O 2009, which takes place in San Francisco by the end of this year sales will be from 18 to 20 mobile operating system Android. According to him, they will be released 8 or 9 different suppliers. The names of companies, he refused to tell, but it at least, HTC, Samsung and General Mobile (their products have already announced), as well as, perhaps, LG, Sony Ericsson and Motorola.

In addition, with sales this year will be about 20 Android-smartphone, Andy Rubin told a little about the specifics of the development of the mobile platforms in various regions. According to him, in Europe's expansion will be faster than in the United States because they require the operators of vendors creating modified versions of devices that are adapted for their own needs.