Chapter 2. Getting to Know Android Phones

When Google introduced Android, it was certain that a device that operated on Android follow close behind. Then T-Mobile jumped on board and the official announcement came: The new “Google Phone” would soon be released for the world to see.

As with nearly every device announcement these days, that announcement brought false information and speculation about what the device would look like, what it would include, and what it would do. Then came the delays. Initially expected to be available during the first or second quarter of 2008, the phone was delayed to the third quarter ...

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