Wistron NeWeb Corp(WNC), a Taiwanese phone ODM, shows a real Android based phone at CES 2008. This is the first publicly announced Android based cell phone. Wistron said the phone will be shipped in March.
From PCMag CES2008 coverage:
The GW4 is based on a TI OMAP 1710 chipset with a 216-MHz processor and only 64 MB of program memory, yet the model we saw ran the Opera Web browser, played video and flipped between a range of Web widget applications like weather and stocks. The user interface was very responsive.
The phone will come in two tri-band GSM/GPRS versions, one for the U.S. and one for Europe and Asia. The very slow cellular GPRS (not EDGE) network will be complemented by 802.11g Wi-Fi with a built-in SIP VOIP client for Internet calling. A higher-speed 3G version will come out by the end of 2008. The GW4 also has a 2.5-inch, 320x240 touch screen and 2-megapixel camera.
Other built-in apps include a mail program with Outlook syncing, MSN/Yahoo/AIM IM clients and MS Office and PDF readers, though those will presumably be replaced by whatever apps Google ends up preferring in their Android suite.
Update: According to the PCMag story, the phone they showed at CES is actually running a version of MontaVista Linux 2.6. Wistron spokeswoman Molly Lin said the GW4 will be running Android by March, when Wistron will start selling it to more prominent firms for branding
This brought up an interesting question: how does Wistron get Android? They are not a member of Open Handset Alliance ...
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