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T-Mobile to debut Android handset
Author: Gareth HalfacreePublished: 18th August 2008
The rathre
The guys over at BetaNews broke the story late last week that “briefed sources” are reporting T-Mobile as the first carrier of the Android-based smartphones, with the HTC Dream rumoured to be the first official handset in the deal.
Sadly, both Google and T-Mobile are keeping mum on the rumours for the moment, with the only corroboration – if it can be called such – coming from a rather low-quality YouTube clip purporting to demonstrate the HTC Dream smartphone running Google's Android platform. Given the quality, however, it could be almost any handset running almost any OS – it's that blurry.
With Google having already committed to an Android-based handset by the end of 2008 with the statement that “some of our partners are publicly stating that they plan to ship Android phones in the fourth quarter”, the rumours don't seem that far-out. If O2 isn't for you, and you don't much fancy the iPhone anyway, you might not have too long to wait to see what Larry and Sergey's little company have cooked up for the mobile market.
Would you be tempted by a Google-powered mobile, or does everyone's favourite data warehouse have too much access to your life as it is? Is Android ever likely to challenge the might of Nokia's Symbian or Microsoft's Windows Mobile in the smartphone market? Share your thoughts over in the forums.
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Comments (5)
Bauul 18th August 2008, 09:56
Looks.... a bit like a bad Apple design. Hopefully it'll be prettier in the flesh.
TomH 18th August 2008, 12:46
I'm really not fussed about how it looks, so long as it works well, and isn't locked-down tighter than a duck's nut. Though with T-Mobile involved, I can't say that I've got a lot of hope for this happening.
Timmy_the_tortoise 18th August 2008, 15:08
Need. Higher. Resolution. Images.
devdevil85 18th August 2008, 16:57
Quote:
I concur. I think they do this on purpose.
DougEdey 18th August 2008, 16:59
Ugh, T-mobile are crap
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