After nearly a year since Google announced that it planned to bring us the Android OS for mobile phones, it was ceremoniously unveiled with the help of T-Mobile yesterday. The device, called the T-Mobile G1, which is made by the manufacturer HTC will be the first device to run the Android operating system.
For those of you that don’t know, Android is Google’s brand new operating system for mobile phones, and is open source meaning that third party developers can make applications for the platform. For the development of the Android OS, Google set up the Open Handset Alliance, which is a partnership of over 30 companies, who work on making phone software easier to use.
The G1 device features a 3.2 inch display that is touch sensitive, Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity and a QWERTY keyboard, as well as a host of other features including a 3 megapixel camera and microSD card slot.
The first T-Mobile G1 devices will ship in the US on the 22nd of October, with the UK release in November and the rest of Europe in the New Year.
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