18-20 Android based mobile phones

According to NY Times, there may be as many as 18 Android based mobile phones available on the market around the world before the end of 2009 as disclosed by Google. The figure which can reach 20 doesn’t include devices that use Android but didn’t inform Google of its use.

Although, there wasn’t any specifics on who the manufacturer was, based on what I have been reading the past several days these would already include HTC, Samsung on the list. Sony Ericsson has decided to delay it’s Android based mobile phone until next year pending the release of the second version of the Android OS.

Although the Android open mobile platform is fairly new on the market, it has gained wide acceptance due to Google’s backing. It has become one the the major mobile platform in addition to Symbian, Windows Mobile, iPhone OS, Blackberry and the upcoming WebOS.

It is, in my opinion, one of the mobile platform to watch as different mobile platform owners compete to control the evolution of the new generation of connected phones accross the globe.