Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Friday, 16 January 2009 09:59
IT Industry -
Strategy
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The world’s second Google Android gPhone is going to be “delayed
indefinitely due to potential future interoperability issues”,
seriously disappointing all those who were keen to get on board the
Android bandwagon with an Agora. All pre-orders will be fully refunded.
Australian technology company Kogan has stunned the mobile phone world by announcing that its “Kogan Agora” smartphone, due to be delivered by the end of January, will now be “indefinitely delayed”.
This is because of “potential future interoperability issues”, with Kogan’s founder, Ruslan Kogan saying the phone will “undergo a significant redesign in order to ensure its compatibility with all future Android applications”.
Ruslan Kogan said: "The Agora reached a very late stage of development, manufacturing had commenced and we were within days of shipping the product to customers. But it now seems certain the current Agora specifications will limit its compatibility or interoperability in the near future.
"One potential issue is that developers may create applications for the Android operating system at a higher resolution and screen size than the Agora provides in its current form.
"I am sorry for this delay, but in the interests of proving the best possible product at the best possible price, I cannot disappoint my customers by supplying a product that I am aware will shortly have significant limitations.
"My priority is to release a phone that will do justice to the Kogan brand and offer great value to our customers.
“Since the design of the Agora, the Android community has been growing quickly, with new developers setting out their objectives to create a host of feature-rich applications. I now believe that in order to access all the Android platform has to offer, the Agora must be redesigned.
"The Kogan team is already hard at work designing a new phone that will be better suited to the needs of Android application developers and our customers."
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