Samsung's First Android-Based Smartphone Delayed

Samsung isn't going to announce its first device running Google's Android next week, as had been expected. The release of this model, which is supposedly headed to a couple of U.S. wireless carriers, has been pushed back.

A spokesperson has told the Guardian that her company will introduce a smartphone based on this new operating system in the second half of this year. Earlier reports -- albeit unconfirmed -- said that this device was going to launch in June.

Official Information
Not everything about this device is unconfirmed. Samsung said just a few weeks ago that this smartphone will be released by Sprint and T-Mobile.

The company also said that its design will include a touchscreen. Rumors indicate this device will be similar to Samsung's Omnia and Instinct. If so, it will be a tablet without a hardware keyboard.

Naturally, it will include  the standard Android applications that tie in to Google services, like its email, mapping, and instant message services.

Android Popping Up All Over
The first model running Android, the T-Mobile G1, launched last fall, and since that time quite a number of device makers and wireless carriers have committed to it.

HTC, T-Mobile, and Samsung jumped on board early; more recent converts include Garmin, Sprint, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba, Asus, and Archos, while Dell is supposedly interested, too.