Google Android : O.T.: The First HTC Mobile with Android OS

Well, this product isn't Japanese, but we thought it was interesting. Here's the new HTC mobile T-Mobile G1 with Google's Android OS.

As everyone knows, the T-Mobile G1 (aka HTC Dream) was the first official mobile phone featuring Android. It was also the first HTC without WM OS.

What's so interesting? It features a 3.17’’ LCD touchscreen with HVGA resolution (480x320), full qwerty keypad, 3Mpix webcam, Wifi, 3D graphics acceleration, 1GB integrated storage (up to 8GB with microSD), and Bluetooth. It’s also equipped with Android Market for on-device app purchases, Push Gmail, Google Maps, and Amazon’s mobile MP3 store.

It's clear that the Google's OS is a challenge for Symbian OS.

Now, we found a nice article about the Android OS, and we thought you should take a look at it:

Here's a selection of good articles available on the Internet:

- T-Mobile's G1 Android Phone: Neither Open nor Exciting (Wired blog).
- T-Mobile G1: What we didn't get (Asia Cnet)
- CNET News Daily Podcast: Breaking down the T-Mobile G1
- T-Mobile G1 first hands-on (updated) (Engadget)

Here at Akihabara News we're a little reluctant about Google’s OS… is it a really a good idea to get an Android mobile phone? Knowing Google, if this OS is like Gmail everything you submit gives an irrevocable, royalty-free, non exclusive license to Google to reproduce it. This is a little scary…

So, could this story be repeated with the new Android OS?

Sometime ago, people said the WM was a real Big Brother OS, but what about Google?

Wait & see…