US carrier T-Mobile and Google overnight detailed the the first-ever mobile handset running Google’s new Android operating system.
Called the T-Mobile G1, it has both full touch-screen functionality, a QWERTY keyboard, a trackball for one-handed navigation, plus access to mobile Web applications like Google Maps Street View, Gmail, YouTube, and more.
The G1 is available for pre-order now in the US in limited quantities if you’re an existing T-Mobile customer. It will be available in retail stores beginning October 22, for US$179 with a two-year voice and data agreement. It will be available in the UK beginning November and across Europe in early 2009, but no Australian dates have been announced.
The phone’s features include: Wi-Fi, 3G (with dual-band UMTS), multimedia messaging, e-mail support (Gmail as well as other POP3 and IMAP email services), instant messaging (with Google Talk as an option of course), a full HTML browser, GPS functionality, a 3-megapixel camera, the ability to multitask, a music player with access to the Amazon MP3 store, Bluetooth, and quad-band GSM support.
Source: cnet
