T-Mobile: More Android Phones In 2009
10:06 am, January 30th, 2009, Ed Sutherland
T-Mobile USA, the carrier that released the first Android-based cell phone, said it plans this year to introduce more smartphones using Google’s open-source handset platform.
Promising “more G series phones” in 2009, T-Mobile USA senior engineering vice president Neville Ray breathed new life into rumors of the G2, according to industry publication FierceWireless. The G2, created by HTC, reportedly could be released in April.
Unlike the G1 which T-Mobile released in mid-2008, the G2 would ditch a slide-out QWERTY keyboard for a virtual one similar to the iPhone. The phone could also carry a smaller price, making the handset attractive in the current tight economy, according to reports.
In a nod to a rap on T-Mobile’s limited 3G network, Ray also said the U.S. cell phone provider will “double” its coverage.
Posted by Ed Sutherland in News | Comment on this article
Wow, I was actually thinking about buying one of these when they come out. But not if they look like this. Thanks for making another ugly phone HTC! You made my decision really easy!
Joe, on February 1st, 2009 at 5:11 am
This looks like a good cell phone but I just hope for it to be better then iPhone.
Hamed, on February 2nd, 2009 at 11:10 pm
nothing is better than the iPhone!!!!!!!!!!!
Cyper, on February 22nd, 2009 at 10:20 pm