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Android Gets the Axe as Google Continues Cost Cutting

April 1st, 2009 MobileFreak

As Google continues to trim the number of stalled or money-losing projects in its portfolio, the Android platform for mobile phones is the latest project to get cut. While not a total shock as Android has continued to limp along in the face of the wildly successful iPhone platform, as well as new competition from BlackBerry App World, it does leave some scratching their heads.

There is no comment yet from Google partners whom have also invested a great deal of resources in developing phones for the new platform, most notably T-Mobile with the G-1 phone. It is safe to assume though that Google will have to either compensate those partners in some way, or perhaps release ownership (and control) of the platform altogether in favor of some open source community, thereby allowing the platform to survive and the efforts of those partners to continue.

I am disappointed as I have to admit I was holding out for a newer Android phone. Oh wel1.

(4/2/09 Edit: Yes, this was an April Fools post, as many of you quickly pointed out. Android is not going anywhere;)

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