T-Mobile to carry Android phone by year's end

A T-Mobile executive said Wednesday that the carrier will offer a Google Android cell phone by the end of 2008.

At a wireless conference in Redwood City, Calif., Joe Sims, vice president and general manager of T-Mobile USA's Broadband and new Business Division, said that he has seen prototypes of an Android handset, and that the first in a series of devices will be available in the final quarter of this year.

Sims confirmed an earlier announcement by T-Mobile International CEO Hamid Akhavan at February's GSMA World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. During a news conference, Akhavan promised a fourth-quarter launch, but he did not specify which of the carrier's markets would get it first.

T-Mobile is the first U.S. carrier to set a launch date for an Android device. Though it is a founding member of the Open Handset Alliance, as of December a T-Mobile representative would not confirm that the carrier would even offer an Android phone. Sprint and Verizon Wireless are also members of the alliance, but the two carriers have remained silent on when, or even if, they'll launch devices.

Sims did not drop any details on the promised device, though HTC is rumored to be developing a device called the Dream. Motorola, HTC, Samsung, and LG are members of the Open Handset Alliance as well.

Though U.S. carriers have long resisted open platforms like Android, T-Mobile's adoption of the platform is another sign of how carriers have begun to loosen the reins. According to CNNMoney.com, Sims said that though the carrier was at first skeptical, T-Mobile now views Android as a way to encourage innovation and customer choice.

[Csipa1]

What T-Mobile should offer FIRST is some phones that are up to par, and not phones that have ancient features. 1.3 and 2.0 MP cameras in phones are a joke. Most my European friends have phones with 5 MP cameras, and features we haven't even heard of here in the States. It is a fact that out of all the US carriers T-Mobile has the crapiest phones, they are the Wal-Mart of cellphones. Shame on them...

[erik.martino]

If their phones is not what you want. Go buy it somewhere else, it is a free world. You could mail order it from Europe.

[joshdeboer]

MP don't matter when you have poor optics!

[ciscowonder80]

I've been a T-Mo customer for about six years now, mainly because of the plan options. However, my t-mobile dash is the last phone I get through them, unless they roll out 3G. That means I won't be getting any android phone if they expect me to use it on this slow edge network. I am just waiting for AT&T to release something I want, then I'm jumping ship.

[sonatarctica]

I've been with TM a few years, and I haven't ever used one of their phones. Don't forget the SIM fits into any world phone. That's the best part of TM-the least restrictions on phones of any other company. I LOOOOVE my K800. Let's keep our minds open to this Android thing.

[JonTitor]

2Megapixel camera phones aren't a joke, the quality is. I can shoot better pics in 1Megapixel on my K790a than all the phones they offer. example: http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/6772/dsc00337ef0.jpg
In any case Europeans in general get much better phones for the price but they also have really high bills. In the US T-mobile's prices usually are even lower than the other big 3

[U. Tripps]

T-Mobile has pretty low monthly plan options, so it makes sense they'd also offer some bargain phones. Unless you think people who don't want to spend a lot of money don't deserve cell phones...

[kentrik]

T-Mobile has rolled out their UMTS network in NY, and as of a couple days ago, Las Vegas as well. They anticipate having the 3g hsdpa running in 20 major market cities by the end of the year, so with a tentative release date of 11/10/08, I'm pretty excited for it. Being on one of the fastest 3G networks available anywhere should help free up all sorts of network speed, and finally give them reasons to have cameras that don't take 20 minutes to send a picture.

[Blackberryking]

For T-Mobile?s G1, there will be a bundle of tmobile g1 accessories online to select from; everything from Backup Batteries to Car Accessories, G1 Cases, Chargers, Cables, Headphones, Cradles, Bluetooth Accessories, and more. The list goes on and on, but basically the primary purposes of any g1 accessories are to add functionality, such as where you can use it and what you can use it with, make some features easier to use, and extend the use of the G1 Android phone at Fommy.com.
http://www.fommy.com/t-mobile-g1.htm

[Fommy_Usa]

For T-Mobile?s G1, there will be a bundle of <a href="http://www.fommy.com/t-mobile-g1.htm">http://www.fommy.com/t-mobile-g1.htm</a>online to select from; everything from Backup Batteries to Car Accessories, G1 Cases, Chargers, Cables, Headphones, Cradles, Bluetooth Accessories, and more. The list goes on and on, but basically the primary purposes of any g1 accessories are to add functionality, such as where you can use it and what you can use it with, make some features easier to use, and extend the use of the G1 Android phone at Fommy.com.





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[Fommy_Usa]

For T-Mobile?s G1, there will be a bundle of tmobile g1 accessories online to select from; everything from Backup Batteries to Car Accessories, G1 Cases, Chargers, Cables, Headphones, Cradles, Bluetooth Accessories, and more. The list goes on and on, but basically the primary purposes of any g1 accessories are to add functionality, such as where you can use it and what you can use it with, make some features easier to use, and extend the use of the G1 Android phone at Fommy.com.
<a href=http://www.fommy.com/t-mobile-g1.htm>http://www.fommy.com/t-mobile-g1.htm</a>

[lucasrodrigues]

It's here, it's pretty good and there are plenty of accessories for the T-Mobile G1, which now has the 16GB capacity:

http://coolors.com/t-mobile-g1-memory-sandisk-microsdhc-sd-card/

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