Sony Ericsson to steer clear of Android for the time being

Ever since the emergence of Google Android, cell phone manufacturers were intrigued, but only T-Mobile dared to venture and try it out initially. Soon after, other manufacturers jumped on the Android bandwagon, and many major handset manufacturers have plans to include the new OS on their phones. In an interview with the CEO of Sony Ericsson, Hideki Komiyama, he stated that it would take some time before Sony Ecrisson branded phones featured Android.

One of Komiyama’s main arguments in the interview was the fact that Android is still relatively young. He specifically stated, “It does require a lot of evaluation, as well as a lot of testing, a lot of acceptance from a consumer viewpoint, and there is still some time to go.” Sony Ericsson has been doing poorly in a slumping economy as they even have plans to cut 20% of their staff. With this in mind, jumping over to Android at this stage might prove to be detrimental to Sony Ericsson, as their main focus is regrouping, and try to have a profit. Interestingly enough, he sees Google Android “as one of the important operating systems, there is no doubt.”

Until Sony Ericsson can figure out a way to gain a profit, they will keep what they have going for them, but probably will turn to Google Android in the future when much more testing and evaluation has been conducted.

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