First Android phones go on sale

By Jonathan Skillings, CNET News.com
Thursday, October 23, 2008 08:51 AM

T-Mobile USA on Wednesday made the formal, nationwide launch of its G1, the first phone to run Google's Android operating system.

The G1 smartphone is now available to consumers at retail outlets in cities where T-Mobile's 3G service is available, including Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, and Seattle. The company made its first retail sale of the G1 Tuesday evening in San Francisco.

Along with 3G support, the HTC-built G1 features a touch screen, a full QWERTY keyboard, and GPS, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth connectivity. But the big attraction for many will be the open source Android software, the means by which Google is seeking to up-end the old ways of the telecommunications business.

Over the summer, Google unveiled the Android Market, an online resource akin to Apple's App Store for the iPhone, but for software applications designed for the Android operating system.

On Tuesday, Kyocera Wireless said it, too, would be building an Android-based phone.

This article was first published as a blog on CNET News.com.


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