This morning, T-Mobile unveiled the much-anticipated G1 phone, powered by Google’s Android 1.0 platform. WiFi, 3G, touch screen plus hidden keyboard, Amazon-powered MP3s, push Gmail, 3 megapixel camera, Android application store, and it will use a “light” version of Google’s new browser Chrome. The G1 costs $179 and will be available on October 22nd. Here’s the full scoop on all the features from Engadget.
“Not only does it allow all applications open access to the phone’s functionality; the platform itself will also be open,” Google explains. “Everyone will be free to adopt and adapt the technology as they see fit. By doing so, we hope that users will get better, more capable phones with powerful web browsers and access to a rich catalogue of innovative mobile applications.”
The question on everyone’s mind, of course, is whether the G1 can take on the iPhone. Only time will tell, but this is a sure bet: mobile application development will soon be a very big business, and we’ll be seeing some very interesting local applications coming our way..
