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T-Mobile Launches G1 Android Phone
By
ChannelTimes Staff
Mumbai, Sep 27, 2008 1410 hrs IST
T-Mobile, in association with Google, has announced the international launch of T-Mobile G1 (popularly known as Google phone). Based on Google's new Android operating system, the phone will be available to T-Mobile customers spanning two continents. Featuring full touch-screen functionality and a QWERTY keyboard, the G1 offers complete mobile web experience by incorporating popular Google products - Gmail, YouTube Google Maps Street View and many more. The G1 will be launched in the US in October, and will be followed by UK and European markets in November and early 2009 respectively.
"We are proud that T-Mobile is the first operator in the world to launch an Android-powered mobile device. Since 2005, Google has been an established partner in T-Mobile's groundbreaking approach to bringing the open mobile Internet to the mass market. With the T-Mobile G1, we are continuing our strong tradition of being pioneers in the world of the open Internet," said Christopher Schl ffer, group product and innovation officer, Deutsche Telekom. T-Mobile is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom.
Elaborating more on it, Andy Rubin, senior director (Mobile Platforms), Google, said, "Increasingly, connectivity does not just mean a phone call, but rather access to the world's information. Today's news signifies an important first step for the Open Handset Alliance. With Android, we've opened the mobile web not only for millions of users, but also to mobilize the developer community that understands the next most important platform in the world rests in the palm of our hand."
Some of the key features of the Google phone include Wi-Fi compatibility, 3G (with dual-band UMTS), MMS, email, instant messaging, a full HTML browser, GPS facility, 3-mega pixel camera, music store and one-touch access to Google Search.
The T-Mobile G1's high-quality screen slides open to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard, enabling easy communication with friends online or using the phone's e-mail, IM and mobile messaging capabilities. The Google phone is expected to hit the Indian market by the end of 2008.
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