The first Samsung Android phone will launch this year, the company has admitted, promising a touchscreen handset with all the bells and whistles you’d expect from a full-blown Google phone.
It’s not as if the Android operating system needs much more momentum, but that’s exactly what it’s just been given, with several huge tech firms signing up to its parent body, the Open Handset Alliance.
Sony Ericsson, Garmin, Asus and Toshiba are all on board, which makes us wonder what Android-powered goodies they all have in store.