"Mobile phones designed around Google's Android software may not be available until the fourth quarter of this year, and some companies are struggling to even meet that deadline, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday, citing unidentified sources.
...."

Link:
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/147411/report_google_faces_android_handset_delays.html

and
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121418837707895947.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

This rumor has been disallowed by a Google PR few days/weeks ago.

A better link: http://tinyurl.com/683fwc

Thanks. I was pointing to the final (target) WSJ link, in fact. Not so many clicks needed.

And now:
"Nokia to buy Siemens stake in Symbian for 70 mln euros"
http://www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2008/06/24/afx5145838.html

More details here:
"Google has apparently said that part of the reason for the delay is due to difficulties in continuing to develop the platform while giving partners an opportunity to lobby for new features.

"This is where the pain happens," Google's director of mobile platforms Andy Rubin told the Wall Street Journal. "We are very, very close."
...."

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080623-google-says-android-still-on-schedule-for-2h-08-launch.html
(Google says Android Still on schedule for 2H-08 launch)