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T-Mobile Google Android Phone Launch
"Experience the first Android-powered phone from T-Mobile..." That's pretty much all our invitation to this long-awaited announcement told us. So you'd better believe that we'll be there in person to get the news first-hand, and live blog the event! Come back Tuesday, September 23, at 10:30 A.M. EST (or even a bit earlier) to experience the Android launch as it happens. In case you've been avoiding all tech news for the past year, the long-awaited Android (being developed by The Open Handset Alliance) is is a Linux-based, open operating system for mobile phones that will feature Google apps. Basically, it will make developing third-party apps quicker and easier--though how open the actual phones are is up to the phone makers and wireless carriers.
Here are a couple columns from PCMag.com for preliminary reading:
Google Android: Prepare to Be Underwhelmed. Lance Ulanoff asks, "Do we really need another phone platform and cascade of proprietary apps?"
T-Mobile's Dream Is a Distraction. Sascha Segan asserts, "Google's Android OS is really about ruling the world of feature phones, not the world of smartphones."
10:10: Live blog starting now! After the jump.
Amazon Plans on Launching Mobile Store for Google's Android
We're still a month away from seeing the first mobile phone running Google's Android mobile platform hit the retail sector, but while ordinary folk have to wait patiently, there exists a handful of Google and maybe T-Mobile employees plugging away on the new phone. And it's from spotting one of these pre-release units in the wild that VentureBeat reports that Amazon will have a mobile store in place by the time Android ships. Speculation suggests that the Amazon music store on Android will most likely be a mobile version of its existing AmzonMP3 online digital music store. Such a move would certainly heat up the competitive juices between T-Mobile's HTC Android phone and Apple's iPhone, and perhaps help Amazon grab some of the marketshare controlled by iTunes.
Let the mobile phone wars begin.
Google, T-Mobile, Launch Android G1 Smart Phone
Google, T-Mobile and other partners took the stage here Sept. 23 to unveil the T-Mobile G1 smart phone, the first Android mobile operating system-based device.As previously reported, the G1 boasts a touch screen, a slideout QWERTY keyboard and trackball to give users the most accessibility possible while Web content from a mobile device. There are also some features that were demoed here for the first time, but here are some crucial facts to know right out of the gate.
Users interested in buying the phone, which costs $179 for a two-year voice and data service plan, can pre-order the gadget from this T-Mobile G1 Web site. Though the phone is cheaper than Apple's $199 iPhone, the caveat is that there are limited quantities; the companies did not say what that limit is
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