T-Mobile’s G1 Android Phone Comes with Goggle Apps

September 24th, 2008

T-Mobile on Tuesday gave the world a sneak peak of the highly anticipated, first-ever Android-powered mobile phone. Dubbed the T-Mobile G1, the phone touts touchscreen functionality, a QWERTY keyboard, and a Google-centric mobile Web experience.Specifically, the G1 is loaded with Google Search, Google Maps Street View, Gmail, YouTube and other popular Google software that PC users are familiar with. The phone will be available in the U.S. on Oct. 22 for $179 with a two-year voice and data agreement, undercutting Apple’s iPhone 3G through AT&T by $20. Customers can preorder the phone on T-Mobile’s Web site.

“The Internet and the mobile phone are both indispensable tools for our hectic lives, but only a fraction of us access the Web on our phones. The T-Mobile G1 is our opportunity in the U.S. to accelerate the mass adoption of the mobile Web by unleashing Google innovation with a unique software experience that mobilizes the Google services [that] hundreds of millions of consumers rely on every day,” said Cole Brodman, chief technology and innovation officer at T-Mobile USA.

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