IT：多款谷歌Android手机问世 挑战iPhone

The Apple iPhone, which has been setting the bar in touch-screen smartphones, could soon be overtaken by an army of Google-powered handsets.
苹果iPhone作为触屏智能手机领域标准制定者的地位，可能很快会被一批由谷歌(Google)驱动的手机超越。

Android-based phones – handsets that use the open source Google mobile operating system – are on the march as non-iPhone carriers look for a rival to Apple's device.
随着非iPhone 运营商寻找可与苹果手机匹敌的产品，采用谷歌开放源代码Android移动操作系统的手机正在异军突起。

Since its introduction a year ago on one device with one carrier, Android has come a long way. It is used on 12 handsets with 32 carriers in 26 countries.
自一年前与一家运营商合作在一款手机上推出以来，Android操作系统已取得长足进步。目前它已在26个国家通过32家运营商运用于12款手机。

They will be joined by HTC of Taiwan, Motorola and Samsung, which are rushing out models in the US before the end of the year as Sprint and Verizon Wireless join T-Mobile as Android supporters.
即将加入这一行列的还有台湾宏达(HTC)、摩托罗拉(Motorola)以及三星(Samsung)，它们正在赶制Android手机，希望于今年底前在美国推出。在运营商方面，Sprint和Verizon Wireless已经加入T-Mobile，成为Android的支持者。

Verizon has launched an anti-iPhone advertising campaign, satirising the Apple handset and its exclusive carrier, AT&T, teasing viewers with the promise of its first Android phones in November.
Verizon发起了反对iPhone的广告宣传活动，对这款苹果手机及其独家运营商美国电话电报公司(AT&T)大加讽刺，同时承诺，Verizon将于今年11月推出自己的首款Android手机，以此来挑起观众的兴趣。

“iDon't have a real keyboard . . . run simultaneous apps . . . take 5-megapixel pictures . . . allow open development . . . have interchangeable batteries,” say the advertisements, ending with: “Everything iDon't, Droid does.”
“i没有真正的键盘……无法同时运行多项应用程序……无法拍摄500万像素的照片……不容许开放开发……没有可互换电池，”广告里说道，并在结尾处声称：“任何i做不到的事情，Droid都做到了。”

According to Eric Schmidt this month, “Android adoption is literally about to explode”.
谷歌首席执行官埃里克•施密特(Eric Schmidt)本月表示：“采用Android的厂商数量真的即将出现爆炸式增长。”

The Google chief executive stepped down as an Apple director in August after Google's phone and operating system ambitions became a competitive threat.
今年8月，随着谷歌在手机及操作系统方面的野心对苹果构成了竞争威胁，施密特辞去了苹果董事一职。

Android appeals as a viable alternative for mobile handset makers looking to break the dominance of Nokia, Research in Motion and Apple, which have two-thirds of the US market and an 80 per cent global share.
对于那些希望打破诺基亚(Nokia)、RIM(Research in Motion)和苹果公司主导地位——它们拥有三分之二的美国市场和80%的全球市场份额——的手机制造商来说，Android因为提供了一种可行的替代方案而颇具吸引力。