Kogan
Agora canned, "Fake" T-Mobile
G2 causes stir
16th
January 2009
Just days before its
launch, the Kogan
Agora has been pulled by its
distributor citing potential problems
with the size and resolution of the
screen. In an official
blog posting, Kogan boss Ruslan
Kogan says that it has been delayed indefinitely
- but it is most likely that the handset
will have to be cancelled altogether.
Kogan says that all customers will get
a full refund.
Meanwhile,
a video of what appears to be a fake T-Mobile
G2 has caused something
of a stir, but despite the attention
to detail and a very cute Android-style
charger, this handset is actually the
Sciphone Dream G2 with a
fake OS that is designed to look like
Android. The video in question was shot
by Haimei
Electronics and their product
page states at the bottom: OS
is not Android, not support Android
application installation.
The
G2 is yet another product of China's
famously
relaxed approach when it comes to
respecting other people's designs.
So, the race to be the
second Android phone to market is still
very much on. Huawei
looks like a possible contender - a
company perhaps best known in Europe
for USB data dongles. That has indicated
that it hopes to launch an Android device
during the first quarter of 2009.
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