The Wall Street Journal reports that Google is forced to slow down on Android. The original plan was to have Android phones on the market in the second half of 2008. But in the WSJ several carriers complain that they’re having problems getting Android handsets ready for a roll-out in 2008. These ar logistical issues, but there’s also lack of time to get Android applications ready for the operating system.

A number of application developers have already switched their focus to the iPhone platform, hoping to get a slice of the cake when the iPhone 3G is released in July. Some of them say that the iPhone is easier to develop for. What makes it hard, is that developers have to work for an OS that is still in development. We’ve seen a couple of prototypes, but developers need to check and rewrite their apps with each change of the OS. The Weather Channel admits that they already had to “rewrite a few things”. The iPhone seems a better choice: the SDK is readily available, the device will arrive in just a few weeks and many developers are already familiar with Mac software.

Labels: Google, iPhone

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