Source: T-Mobile, HTC Ready for Android's First ChapterT-Mobile and handset maker HTC are taking the cover off the first Android-based cell phone Tuesday at a press conference in New York. The Open Handset Alliance, a group that includes Google, T-Mobile, HTC, Qualcomm, Motorola and others, is billing Android as the first truly open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices.
What will a Google Android-based HTC look like? And how will it shake up the market? Here's what we can discern from leaked photos: It's a touchscreen device with a full, slide-out keyboard. Pricing rumors peg the device at $199, in line with Apple's iPhone 3G.
Let's hope that the Android platform allows developers to quickly unlock the phone so it can be used on other networks. The phone sounds like it could be a terrific alternative to the iPhone, but I don't care for T-Mobile.
EDIT: Click here for more information about Android.
EDIT: Does it seem completely hypocritical for Google to go on about an "open platform" when the first Android-based phone will only be available at T-Mobile, or is it just me? Isn't that the same sort of nonsense people complained about when Apple and AT&T unveiled the iPhone?
EDIT: /groan
Speaking of hypocrisy:
Source: Open Handset AllianceWhat would it take to build a better mobile phone?
A commitment to openness, a shared vision for the future, and concrete plans to make the vision a reality.
Welcome to the Open Handset Alliance™, a group of more than 30 technology and mobile companies who have come together to accelerate innovation in mobile and offer consumers a richer, less expensive, and better mobile experience. Together we have developed Android™, the first complete, open, and free mobile platform.
"And when we say 'openness,' we mean that you'll have no choice but to switch to T-Mobile if you want to use this phone."
<sarcasm> Yeh, that's really open. </sarcasm>
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