T-Mobile and HTC partner to provide the first phone based on Google's Android platform

Brian Ambrozy (primesuspect) The playing field widens

August 15, 2008 2:25 PM ET in News,

The New York Times has some juicy info for us; T-Mobile will be the first American provider to sell phones based on Google’s Android OS.

The phones are being designed and manufactured by HTC. T-Mobile expects to have Android-based phones available as soon as October, to make a move on the holiday shopping season.

For someone like me, who is taking a wait-n-see approach to a future smartphone purchase, this news is simultaneously disconcerting and exciting. I’ve been waffling between an iPhone and the Blackberry Bold for a couple of months now. Of course after this announcement, I’m going to have to see what Android is all about.

Choices, choices, choices!

4 Comments:

  1. Snarkasm
    15 Aug '08, 8:01 pm

    Bring it to the Kaiser plzkthx

    With the service in Madison, I'm considering switching to Verizon, but if they can't port Android to Kaiser, I might consider T-Mo. We shall see...

  2. Zanthian
    15 Aug '08, 8:19 pm

    I am very interested in this phone as well. I hope the have the kinks worked out.

  3. Thrax
    15 Aug '08, 8:47 pm

    It's a shame that T-Mo's network is crap.

  4. RWB
    16 Aug '08, 7:25 am

    My T-mo Dash is freakin great which is an HTC based phone, hopefully this new one will be even better so I can quench the urge to upgrade :P

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