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It seems that the G1 phone will soon be released in the Philippines. Strong demand for the phone has meant that HTC has decided to move into selling phones in the country.

HTC are looking at how they are going to sell the phone, as the majority of users in the Philippines prefer pre-paid phones. However Mark Sergio HTCs Philippines country manager says despite this there are other users who will be very interested in smartphones like the G1.

The popularity of Google Android phones around the world is increasing. As the G1 is the first offering from the platform there is bound to be strong demand for it. HTC made a clever move by being the first handset manufacturer to bring out a Google Android phone, others such as Motorola are to follow after witnessing HTCs success.

It looks like there will be a Japanese designed Android phone on the market from next year, as it is reported that Japan’s NTT DoCoMo Inc and South Korea’s KTF Co are working together in order to produce an Android based phone.

Obviously this is good news for the Japanese market as NTT DoCoMo are the largest mobile operator in Japan.

It’s also great news for Google, as they look to build more of a presence in the smart phone market in Asia.

Android phones will eventually hit China too. China Mobile have been rumoured to be planning a release in 2009. This is obviously a huge market will a lot of potential.

The Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has spoken out about Google Android again. Ballmer said:

“Google doesn’t exactly bubble to the top of the list of the toughest competitors we’ve got going in mobile”.

He also stated that other mobile companies were more of a threat to Microsoft in the mobile sphere. Specifically mentioning Apple, Blackberry and Symbian.

Ballmer saying this just shows how worried himself and Microsoft probably are about the threat to the smart phone market from Google. Microsoft should have learned that they can’t just dismiss Google as they have done before in the internet search market.

Ballmer has got it wrong before when commenting on the mobile market. He said that Apple wouldn’t be able to take a big market share with the iPhone because linking hardware and software the way Apple has with the phone will limit the size of the market share they will be able to gain.

Figures from the third quarter of 2008 show that Apple now has 17.3% of the market for smart phones. Apple shipped 6.9 million iPhones compared with 5.4 million that had Microsoft’s Windows operating system installed.

These are such early days for Android, the G1 Phone is just the beginning of what Google Android has to offer, Ballmer shouldn’t be dismissing Android yet.

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