INQ plans to release an Android-based phone by next year. UK-based carrier Hutchison Whampoa, has announced that it will begin offering Android phones starting next year.
“When you look at who do you select, you come to Android” and “currently Android phones on networks that are selling against the iPhone have not performed well. You need to get the experience better.”
As you may remember, INQ Mobile is known for building phones with tight integration with services, first with Skype and now with Facebook and other social nets. INQ Mini 3G models comes as affordable handsets that support social networking features.
The company is set to release two phones by the end of this year, the INQ Mini 3G and INQ Chat 3G, which will include Twitter integration in addition to Facebook. Meehan said that more people in the UK access Facebook from INQ phones than the iPhone, and the company has accomplished this feat by targeting the under 35-year-old demographic.
Sadly, INQ didn’t give too many details about its Android plans
