So much for the Kogan Agora handset. Kogan, the Melbourne-based electronics manufacturer, announced today that it has put its plans for an Android handset on hold indefinitely due to “potential future interoperability issues.”
Ruslan Kogan, who heads up the company, planned to release the phone on Dec. 15. The date was subsequently pushed back to Jan. 29 and the price was bumped up from $199 to $299.
“The Agora reached a very late stage of development, manufacturing had commenced and we were within days of shipping the product to customers. But it now seems certain the current Agora specifications will limit its compatibility or interoperability in the near future,” he told The Age.
The site speculates that Kogan’s decision was the result of a recent meeting, which the 25-year-old electronics manufacturer had with Google at their American headquarters, earlier this week.
While the T-Mobile G1–the first commercially-available Android handset–is only available in the US, Australian consumers can still purchase the unlocked Android Dev Phone 1 for a cool $399.
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