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Do electric sheep dream of Androids? The announcement of Google's gadgetless phone alliance yesterday started the rumors flying: Journalists already have them! Scoble didn't get one! Well, true, he didn't. But the credible rumor is that the only lucky people who've got them are developers. Java developers. The most elitist, snotty kind of developers, Java coders are to the Valley what bisexual Green Party bicycle activists are to San Francisco. Which seems dumb, given how easy Java is compared to, say, C back before they put the plus-plus training wheels on it. Anyway, the point is that if you don't already have a Googlephone, you aren't going to get one.