Willcom shows off an Android prototype

Android might have launched last month in a cloud of vapor, but since then we've seen a couple of concrete developments from Google's mobile phone project. The latest comes courtesy of Japan's Willcom, which recently demonstrated what appears to be an early prototype of an Android reference board running on a FreeScale CPU. The unit was shown taking a call while running Google Maps to show off the operating system's multitasking abilities, but other than that, nothing earth-shattering was revealed. Check the read link for a few more pics.

Update: Link fixed, sorry about that.

[Via Digital World Tokyo]

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 11th 2007 12:20PM]

Link is broken.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 11th 2007 12:36PM]

Andriod is going to be just great!!! I cant WAIT for loads of advertising to find is way on to my phone. Whats even better is that Google no doubt will track my usage and curtail the adds to my taste!!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 11th 2007 8:29PM]

How about a phone that shows the location of where the call you a recieving is originating from on google maps?