Dopod is a China-based company that manufactures only Windows Mobile PDA phones. Dopod is likely to introduce a Chinese version of the G1, the world’s first mobile phone based on Google’s Android platform. According to According to TMT China, the current plan has the G1 going to the Far East “possibly” in the first quarter of ‘09.
“We intend to introduce the G1 to China, possibly in the first quarter of 2009, through a deal with High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC). It will be branded as a Dopod. We are now discussing a partnership with China Mobile,” a source from Dopod China told Interfax.
The Chinese G1 will be adapted to suit China’s network although Dopod have not currently decided whether the device will be EDGE or TD-SCDMA. With TD-SCDMA being the only 3G standard technology currently in use in China. Based on the revealed information, the Dopod G1 is so far intended only for the Chinese market so there’s still the likelihood that the HTC G1 could make its way to other Asian countries. HTC agreed to acquire nine Dopod International subsidiaries in Asia for approximately $14.5 million in May 2007 and began to unify Dopod International’s products under the HTC brand.”
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