With the downturn in the economy not looking to improve anytime soon, Google is looking to expand its market of smart phones by utilizing less expensive handsets.

The Google Android system has been marketed in the T-Mobile G1, and is said to be possibly taken into the Vodafone, Sciphone, and HTC in the very near future. The Android is gaining popularity across the globe, and Google can only improve their system from here.

The brand handset mobile phones of Sony Ericsson and HTC are in the works of adding Android phone models to their lines. The high-end models are said to be released first, but then plan to broaden the market by releasing some cheaper Android versions as well. This will offer an arena of Android users that otherwise would not purchase the high end versions of the Google platform.

HTC is said to be planning release of one or more Google Androids by the summer of 2009. Sony Ericsson is trying simply to stay competitive within the mobile phone industry and a platform like the Android is something that they feel is necessary to offer the public. They too plan to start at the high end of the models they release and also work toward offering the Android in a form to reach a broader market. A summer, 2009 target is in the works for Sony Ericsson as well.

HTC Mobile Phones

Google has been making big news with its Android platform competing with the Apple iPhone. Agora is one of the newest phones from Google that is sporting the Android platform. It offers the same features as the G1 and is similar to the Black Jack from Samsung.

It has been said ever since Google came out with the G1 phone that it could only get better, and it proving to be quite true. It was only three months after the release of Google’s Android platform in the T-Mobile G1 phone that Kogan announced that it would be releasing the Agora and Agora Pro, also sporting the Android platform.

Kogan’s Agora is only the second android phone to be released in the world. Kogan plan’s its Agora and Agora Pro android phones to first release in Australia.

The basic Agora android phone offers a backlit QWERTY keyboard, touch screen of 2.5 inches, 3G connectivity, 2.0 Bluetooth capability, and a microSD card slot. The advanced version of the Kogan Agora is the Agora Pro. In addition to the Agora features, the Agora Pro features GPS, Wi-Fi, and a 2 megapixel camera.

Kogan’s Agora line is currently on postponement for release, due to the lack of resolution needed to support the Android platform. Once the resolution issues are rectified and the Kogan Agora and Agora Pro are released in Australia, it is certain that the rave reviews will quickly reach the United States.