{"id":5337,"date":"2008-09-24T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-24T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2008-09-24T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-24T09:00:00","slug":"google-phone-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/5337-google-phone-here.html","title":{"rendered":"Google Phone here"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google and telecom carrier T-Mobile unveiled Tuesday the first mobile device powered by the Internet search giant’s software, a smartphone seen as a potential rival to Apple’s popular iPhone (Google phone images here:  Google phone full<\/a>, Google phone standard<\/a> and Google Phone screen<\/a> )<\/p>\n

The T-Mobile G1, informally known as the "Google phone<\/a>," will cost 179 dollars and will be available in stores in the United States from October 22, said Cole Brodman, T-Mobile chief technology and innovation officer.<\/p>\n

Brodman called the phone, built by Taiwanese firm HTC, a "game-changing" device which will "power a new mobile internet of the future."<\/p>\n

It will be available in Britain in early November and in other European countries in early 2009.<\/p>\n

The phone runs on Google’s open source Android software, which Google hopes will eventually become the dominant operating system for mobile phones and make handsets compatible with the networks of multiple carriers.<\/p>\n

The G1 offers many of the features of the iPhone and Research in Motion’s BlackBerry, including a touch screen, high-speed Internet browsing, Wi-Fi, e-mail and SMS texting. It can also run applications such as Google Maps.<\/p>\n

Internet retail giant Amazon.com announced shortly before the G1 release, in a direct challenge to Apple’s iTunes, that the entire catalogue of the Amazon MP3 music store would be available on the new phone. <\/p>\n

Google phone discussion<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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