Kogan to release Android phone in Australia

Australians who are waiting for the Android phone to make its way to their country might not have to wait for 2009 to finally get their hands on one.

Kogan has just announced that they will be releasing an Android-based phone in time for Christmas. There’s still no exact name for this phone, but apparently, it will come with some iPhone-like design elements and G1 features such as a touchscreen display, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth and a trackball of sorts for easy navigation. What you see above is just a mock-up, but we’re optimistic that it will look better than the first Android phone, the HTC G1. It’s expected to retail for just $199 Australian Dollars which makes it a pretty affordable device. With such bold announcements, we’re now more psyched than ever about the release of this baby.
Hopefully, as we’re reporting this bit of news, the guys at Kogan are already working on this phone since Christmas is just only a month and a half away from now. If everything goes according to plan, we might just see the 2nd Android phone be released this year beating the rest of the pack who plan to make their versions available at a later date in 2009.

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