T-Mobile has officially announced the nationwide availability of the T-Mobile G1 handset powered by Google’s Android OS. The G1 as you know is the first Google Android phone to be made commercially available and is manufactured by HTC. The reviews thus far have been fairly positive though the G1 does have its quirks. However, for a version one handset, the G1 isn’t bad at all.
Anyone can now purchase the G1 at select retail stores around the country or at the G1 website at http://www.t-mobileg1.com. To support the launch of the G1, T-Mobile has done the following:
- Established an online forum for the G1 at http://forums.t-mobile.com/tmbl/
- All T-Mobile retail stores will be open at 8am today (or later today that is)
- T-Mobile G1 experts will be on hand to demo the phone.
For new T-Mobile customers, the G1 is available for $179.99 along with a new T-Mobile plan. The phone is normally sold for $399.99.
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Written by flung on October 22nd, 2008 with no comments.
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Hardly a day passes when we don’t hear about any new rumor in the cellphone industry. Just a few days back, we got the release date for the T-Mobile G1 Android and now, what we are looking at is the rumored successor to the T-Mobile G1. It’s the T-Mobile G2 that says “More space…More unique.” No idea if it’s one nice Photoshop edit, but the thing really looks gorgeous.
Original Source: The whole thing started when someone posted images for the T-Mobile G2 at TalkAndroid Forums.
Technical specifications: Tilting screen with twice the resolution, java V8 browsing with ChroMo, interactive high resolution widgets
It would be too early to comment anything on the authenticity of this rumor. For now, you can check out some more shots after the jump.
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Written by Naveen on October 21st, 2008 with no comments.
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Although HTC dream has been delayed a lot, still HTC seems to have been working constantly on it and finally the HTC Dream has been approved by the FCC.
The headset has been listed as ‘Dream’ with model number “DREA100″. It will include the Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR technology and the initial testing has been performed on GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/1900 and WCDMA 1700 bands (where the last one is the T-Mobile’s preferred 3G frequency). It has also received the 802.11b/g WiFi Interoperability Certificate.
The HTC Dream has many times been referred as ‘the Google Phone’ and if the rumors are to be considered true then Google’s promise of their phone coming this year could be considered as true?
As mentioned before the HTC Dream will have many features which will distinguish it from other phones:
- time-sensitive touch gestures: Hold down your finger longer, and the area you’re controlling expands
- easy navigation with icons for e-mail, text documents and YouTube along the top of the screen
- virtual machine for true multitasking. Applications can launch once during a session, then reside in the background
[from FCC via Engaget Mobile]
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Written by salman on August 18th, 2008 with no comments.
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The N.Y.Times is reporting that T-Mobile will be the first carrier to carry a handset running Google’s Android platform. This phone is being developed and manufactured by HTC and will be coming out before Christmas - possibly even as early as October. The phone, which folks on the net have been calling the “Dream”, will have a touch-screen display and a full slide-out keyboard. A video of a supposed HTC dream handset appeared on YouTube recently - and sources to the NYTimes have confirmed this is indeed the phone coming out for T-Mobile.
Android based handsets (or smartphones) will directly compete against handsets such as the Apple iPhone, Windows Mobile handsets, and Research in Motion BlackBerry devices. Google is making the Android OS free to all companies part of the Open Handset Alliance as it hopes that Android will accelerate its penetration into the mobile market.
T-Mobile’s HTC phone is expected to be the only Android phone available in the U.S. this year. Sprint is also working closely with Google in developing an Android-based handset.
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Written by flung on August 15th, 2008 with no comments.
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Developers have been waiting on Google’s SDK updates for their Android mobile phone operating system for around 4 months now, posting numerous complaints and annoyances all over the developer Google Group. So much so that a petition was circulated last month to urge Google to step up and send out the fixes.
No such update had been made available; or so everyone thought.
Recently an Android advocate at Google, David McLaughlin, made the mistake of sending out a note to Android ‘developer contest winners’ to everyone on the developer list. The note speaks of SDK updates being sent to a select few developers instead of the entire community.
“To clear things up for those who were not in the loop early on,” explained Josh Guilfoyle of Google’s developer team. “Google has required the ADC round 1 winners to sign an NDA to get access to newer versions of the SDK. For unknown reasons, Google has elected not to make this decision public. Several developers and developer advocates have commented loosely on this decision, generally explaining that we should not expect a new public SDK, but that one will drop some time before handset launch.”
This has caused an obvious stir for those developers who don’t appreciate being left out. Many are claiming they will now focus on development for Apple’s iPhone; Android’s clear competitor in this market.
This may not appear to be a big deal to some, but the lack of communication has the potential to stifle the creative output from developers.
A big part of success for platforms like Apple’s iPhone and the slowly moving Android is what developers put out. Keeping these developers happy means a software provider can have a plethora applications based on their product made available to the public at no cost; which makes their product more attractive to consumers in the end.
If Google don’t make it clear what they are offering to developers, there is no doubt their support will drop. You can’t rely on a few contest winners to support development.
Source: PC World
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Written by craig on July 18th, 2008 with no comments.
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Pictured above is a screen shot of the Google Android mobile phone software as shown at Google’s I/O Conference on Wednesday in SF. You can see a slew of screen shots over at CNET.com. Android is due to ship as open source software and the first phones to utilize Android are due to come out later this year.
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Written by flung on May 29th, 2008 with no comments.
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Today’s the day that Adobe is expected to start the beta testing program for Flash Player 10. It’s the latest version if its flash player software, coyly codenamed Astro while it is still under development, and is expected to bring a few new features over the old version of flash that’s currently available.
Flash Player 10, according to Adobe, will support custom visual effects made with Adobe’s free Pixel Bender tools. And developers will be able to write code to create different effects that can be rendered by Flash Player at runtime. Most of the new features all boil down to making Flash Player more efficient and trying make it compatible with mobile platforms.
As of now, Flash Player 10 will run on Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Mac OS X and Linux. But Adobe mentions that they will port the new improvements over to their Open Screen Project, which basically is their outlet for mobile device Flash-technologies.
The Open Screen Project currently does not have Google and Apple among its partners, but clearly Adobe is trying to work on that with the new version of their flash player.
More details about this will be posted as they become available.
Via WebWare
Written by David Gonzales on May 15th, 2008 with no comments.
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Though you may be used to hearing Alltel boast of its consumer-friendly policy that enables users to change their plan at anytime without requiring a contract extension, now would be a good time to gear up for lots of similar chatter from Verizon. Reportedly, Verizon Wireless will soon allow its users to change up their plans mid-contract without asking them to sign on for any additional time, which should thoroughly excite those customers who’ve been regretting their plan decision since day two. So go on, Verizon customers, start scoping out which plan best fits your current lifestyle, because the new rule goes into effect on October 7th.
[Thanks, Kiwi616]
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