It seems so long ago now, when we all heard of a new phone that was supposed to change the world. The phone, which I will leave unnamed was released in July of 2008. AT&T pushed the product to the forefront of their line-up and became the exclusive carrier of the device. AT&T enjoyed some good times for a while, sporting their new phone that had yet to receive any competition. Then along came Android, free and open source, apps fast to the market. First T-Mobile, then Sprint and Verizon adopted this versatile new OS from Google. The Android OS wave was large, fast growing and included many exciting handsets and UI concepts. HTC Sense UI and Motorola' s Motoblur are great examples of the innovation Android would inspire. The field was now ripe with new and exciting Android products, with news being released seemingly every week of a new product or adaptation of Android technology. All the big players in the U.S. and many others from around the world had adopted Google's new OS, with the exception of one. AT&T with their exclusive marketing of the unmentionable vs Android had become "The Hated One". Being so closely tied to a single product left AT&T the sole focus of the anti-other phone movement. Now AT&T's success or failure in the mobile world would be tied to a singular device, or so it seemed.

Then, following a week of bad press regarding stoppage of Internet sales for the AT&T's flagship device in New York, it happened!. At CES 2010 AT&T announced their first Android product. This article for example could easily have remained focused on the inadequacies of the previously mentioned apple device, but this is no longer necessary. AT&T is now part of the team, and not just a member but an innovator with the release of two, new to the market Android products and 3 more to be named later.

Both Dell and Motorola have devices confirmed for release and HTC is expected to be selling products with AT&T in the near future as well. Android is now well on its way to becoming a household name for mobile operating systems. AT&T has now completed the frame for what is going to be a large network of diverse and exciting Android devices. On this ending note, a word of advice to you Android fans out there. Give your friends using AT&T a break and help the see the Android light.

[Businessweek] [barrons] [unwire3d]

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