According to Reuters, some of Google's third party partners may not be ready to deliver Android based handsets before 2009. Several companies are expected to ship finished hardware before the end of the year but some carriers and software developers are short on time with some predicting that they will not be ready for the launch.
The good news is that us Europeans should be able to get our hands on an Android handset this year as Deutsche Telekom (owners of T-Mobile) still plans to launch at least one handset before 2009, (perhaps in the US too). The US carrier, Sprint Nextel, may not be quite so prepared and similarly China Mobile, the world's largest mobile carrier, might also struggle to bring an Android handset to market before 2009.
The Wall Street Journal has reported that Android has not won broad support from large mobile-software developers, with some claiming the platform is hard to develop programs for as Google is consistently making changes to it as it gets closer to finishing it.
Google's director of mobile platforms, Andy Rubin, was quoted in the Wall Street Journal as saying "This is where the pain happens… We are very, very close."
We can only assume that he means that Google is approaching the final hurdle and in all fairness, considering the scope of a project like Android, it would be unrealistic to expect there to be no hiccups whatsoever on the run up to launch. Here's hoping that if there are any delays, that they don't last long.
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