Here i quote, "What makes this particularly interesting is the specs of the E2831:
it uses a relatively old OMAP TI 730 chipset, running at just 200MHz, and has a mere 64MB RAM and 64MB ROM. Android runs with no modifications - this is the version of the OS publicly released on the Android site - and the E28 team were even able to download applications coded for the platform from the internet and install them directly to the handset. In fact, the only attention necessary was in making sure the handset’s existing Linux BSP (board support package) was compatible with the Android OS.
This, then, is some of that unlocked, open-source simplicity we were promised when the platform was first announced"
"At the end of December, according to the statistics published by China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII), there were 547.29 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China, an increase of 18.7% year over year."
And this is the Chinese New Year holiday period,
"Given China's leading position when it comes to mobile phone consumption, investors should keep their ears open for the following two items. First, how are mobile phones sales are during the upcoming Chinese New Year Holiday -- the Year of the Rat, in case you were wondering -- which begin Feb. 7; festivities run for 15 days?
Because the Chinese New year is the largest gift-giving holiday in China as well as China's growing influence on mobile phone sales, stronger or weaker than expected mobile phones sales can have a measurable impact on March quarter results."
I quote: "The problem is that the belt tightening of the time, pushed out a large number of the talented people that would later be needed to come up with some great products. The good people that did stick around brought to market the RAZR, but a culture of individual heroism within the ranks exhausted the team and prevented the potential for a follow up to the RAZR.
Meanwhile Nokia and Samsung and then Apple spent a fortune getting better, much much better."