HTC - Give us Android Touch HD !!

[furrypotato]

So what do people actually think the chances are of HTC producing their own branded Android phone based on their next gen Touch HD ?

I would imagine that HTC are busy right now preparing their own Android phone to appeal to all those who dont want a WM6.1 device.

I've had my HTC Touch here in the UK for a year now and am due an upgrade in 4-6 months. So HTC - you've got that long please to get an Android Touch HD released please !

I would sell my grandma for it.

Dylan

[Hej`]

I agree, the Touch HD seems like such an obvious Android target. Especially since so many want to compare Android to the iPhone. I expect that the hacking community would make this a possibility, but I would prefer to see an "official" product from HTC themselves.

[Big Al]

Yeah you may be able to wipe the phone and load it with Android, but it will come with WM to the US.

[furrypotato]

I guess that even if HTC dont do it themselves it then someone will.

At the moment porting Android to other phones seems like a very difficult task.
But I have the feeling this is because it's still early and Google have not released the source code yet. I'm hoping that once this is done the porting scene might take off for a large number of popular WM phones.

I for one would gladly wipe WM off my HTC Touch today if only I could replace it properly with Android.

It's rather frustrating that we have not heard any solid plans from any manufacturers about their Android plans.

They should realise that by announcing their intentions to release good phones like the HD with Android they would get a lot of people who would not buy other phones and wait a few more months for theirs !

For instance - I can get a free new phone upgrade from Orange at the end of January. But if there was a phone like the Touch HD going to be released a few months later with Android on it then I would happily wait for it.

Dylan

[coach]

I was thinking the same thing recently... where are the other members of the alliance with their Android phone plans??

[ewdi]

It takes time for HTC to put android to its flagship touch phone, but they will eventually do

[tonny]

i hope sony x1 come with android in the netherlands

[HCSC]

You hope, but I don't think. X1 is the first WM device by SE.

[Big Al]

I cant find the link anymore, but its somewhere in these forums. Some HTC big wig confirmed that the Touch HD will not have Android, and their future phones will either be one or the other. You cant get "phone X" with your choice of Android or WM. Now that doesnt necessarily mean that some 3rd party wont be able to figure out a way to wipe the phone and load Android onto it.

[montalbert]

I would be very surprised if htc do not release a phone very similar to the hd with android on it VERY soon..... i mean they really do have a potential iphone killer on their hands- they now have one out with a keyboard and android.......
wishful thinking? I am not an astute business man but i think this would be a very wise move on htc's behalf..... unless they are waiting for android to get a bit more of a foothold first......