Google Challenges iPhone and BlackBerry With Android Launch
Posted on: Thursday, 25 September 2008, 06:00 CDT
Google, T-Mobile, and High Tech Computer (HTC) have unveiled the Google Phone G1 in New York, the first phone using Android software to challenge the iPhone and BlackBerry.
The G1 smartphone, manufactured by Taiwan-based HTC, features a touch screen and a slide-out keyboard and is expected to cost $179 with a two-year contract. The Android software is an open source OS and supports many of the Google's popular services, including Google Maps and Google Maps Street View, and YouTube.
Other handset builders, including Motorola, Samsung, and LG Electronics have announced plans to manufacture smartphones based on the Android OS. Other companies vying for the smartphone OS market include Microsoft, Palm, Symbian, and LiMo.
Eric Schmidt, chief executive at Google, said: "We want to create a whole new mobile experience for users who want the same applications on the phone as they use on the internet."
The G1 is expected to be available in the UK by early November and in other T-Mobile European markets in the first quarter of next year.
Source: Datamonitor
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