February 12, 2009 by Tap
With this years Mobile World Congress just days away the hope was that this would be the ideal opportunity for Samsung to launch their first Android handset. Unfortunately, according to the UK's Guardian, Younghee Lee, head of marketing at Samsung's mobile device division, said there will be no Android phone at the show, but they are "planning internally" for a release in the second half of the year. She said the company is in negotiations with a number of operators about taking a Samsung-designed Android phone.
Via: Guardian.co.uk
Update: February 15, 2009 - according to an article posted eFluxMedia it seems that Samsung never had any intention of revealing an Android phone at MWC and that "their development process is right on time, with the release coming in the second part of the year - just as scheduled."