Developers Expected To Transform First Android Phone

September 25th, 2008

Google is calling Tuesday’s announcement of the T-Mobile G1 an important milestone in the young history of Android. The first Android-powered handset to come to market is made by HTC with a touchscreen and a slide-out keyboard.The combination of Google’s open-source Android mobile operating system, T-Mobile service, and HTC manufacturing comes less than a year after the Open Handset Alliance unveiled plans for Android.

“Software developers are key to driving innovation on the Web, and also for mobile. That’s why, over the past year, we’ve released several early versions of the software developer kit (SDK) and worked with developers from around the world to make it better and more complete,” wrote Erick Tseng, lead product manager on the Android team, in the company’s blog.

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