Small Hit to Android: Huawei 'changes' their Handset Release Date

[happyandyv]

According to CNET, a Huawei spokesman has confirmed “that their first Android smartphone is scheduled to launch in the third quarter of 2009.”

This is contrast to what we recently heard, I believe from their official PR, that they would have handset(s) out for consumer purchase 1t quarter'09.

Thought you all may like to know.

[GasBot]

I don't see how that's a hit to Android. I've never even heard of Huawei before.

[ghoonk]

Huawei is one of the biggest mobile equipment manufacturers in the world, from China. They're extensively involved in new network rollouts and upgrades for a number of major telecom operators around the world that have regional presences, such as Singapore Telecommunications and Etisalat, among others.

[happyandyv]

It is a hit to the platform the longer it waits to get more handsets using it. There will be a much greater amount of development and support as more handsets become available. Google will likely also step up and focus more on the platform.

You haven;t heard of Huawei, I doubt if most 'normal' people have heard of HTC.

[happyandyv]

Huawei is one of the biggest mobile equipment manufacturers in the world, from China. They're extensively involved in new network rollouts and upgrades for a number of major telecom operators around the world that have regional presences, such as Singapore Telecommunications and Etisalat, among others.

Thank you very much.

[ghoonk]

I'm not a big fan of them, but I can't ignore the fact that they've managed to get in bed with the big dogs somehow.

[rynosaur]

Let's not denigrate the Chinese; they will be our unquestioned lord and masters soon enough! Nihon!

Who woulda thought that the mighty Motorola (virtual inventor of modern mobile phones) would be humbled by the likes of High Tech Computer Corporation of Taipei, Taiwan?

Any product release delays in this f'in economy are no surprise to me. R&D capital investment is sure to squeezed by tight and/or nonexistent profit margins.

[ghoonk]

Nihon is Japanese, not Chinese

And you're probably right about expensive R&D, but this is the best time to do R&D -- to meet the economic upswing in a year or two. Which is how long a product development lifecycle takes

[rynosaur]

Nihon is Japanese, not Chinese

And you're probably right about expensive R&D, but this is the best time to do R&D -- to meet the economic upswing in a year or two. Which is how long a product development lifecycle takes

Damn, hoonky, you're sharp. Ni hao! There we go. Anyway, meeting an economic upswing, true. I'm thinking Intel and Microsoft are still dominant today because they came out with the Pentium and Windows 95 at just the right time. Still, Chinese products are usually not on the cutting edge. Not yet. They produce what is popular. A drop in Chinese production is necessarily a very bad sign. Ugh.

[ghoonk]

Popular? No, just cheap. And they offer very interesting financing packages.

They produce what their clients want them to produce by getting requirements from their clients, and throwing a LOT of engineers into creating something from almost nothing. Over time, they've taken pieces of what customers want, and productized it.

Good or bad, it's not mine to call.