The first Android-powered phone, T-Mobile’s G1, was officially released today. It comes preloaded with a varity of Google Applications (Search, Maps, Gmail, Calendar, Google Talk and YouTube). The Gmail app has most of the features of the web version (labels, conversations, etc) and Maps comes with StreetView built-in.
The phone itself isn’t a slouch either. It has a 3.2-inch TFT-LCD (at 320×480 resolution) and a full QWERTY keyboard. It has a 3.2 megapixel camera, and 8 gigs 1 gig of storage (plus a microSD slot). The phone does not have video capabilities, and it’s chained to the T-Mobile network. Undoubtedly, a unlock crack will be developed quickly.
Here is a video produced by Google showing off the phone:
And here are a bunch of photos of the device. It sure looks slick!
The price is expected to be roughly $200 with a two-year contract, or about $400 without. At this point, it will only be available on T-Mobile. Blech.
Engadget has posted the first good photos of the HTC Dream, running Google’s Android OS. The phone is clearly branded for T-Mobile, and we’re hoping these photos mean that it’s coming very soon. Enjoy!
The forthcoming HTC Touch Pro reportedly will be dubbed the “Fuze” with AT&T. There is still no release date yet, but PHONE Magazine says it’s coming “sooner rather than later”. I’m a sucker for any phone with a slide out QWERTY, so this one is on my radar.
Also, the HTC Dream, long rumored to be the first phone powered by Google’s Android OS, may be coming out on November 10. The phone has just received FCC approval, with confidentiality until November 10, 2008. This seems to imply that the phone will be released on that day.
It was earlier thought to be coming in September or October, but this isn’t too bad — as long as that’s the release date.
Google has been showing off some excellent new Android features at the Google I/O conference today. There are a handful of videos and a ton of pictures over on the AndroidCommunity site. Here are the videos:
Android keeps looking better and better. Opera has just announced that they have created a version of Opera Mini specifically designed for Android. Opera Mini is my favorite browser on the N95 (though TeaShark is a close second), and I’m glad they decided to built it for Android.
Now, just get me an Android-powered phone in the QWERTY-slide-out form factor (like the Samsung Glyde) and I’ll be a happy man.
Prototypes of phones running Google’s Android OS have been popping up, and now we have rumors that the phone may debut at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona in February.
