T-Mobile will be the first carrier to offer a mobile phone powered by Google’s Android. The phone’s release date depends on how soon the FCC certifies that the Google software and the HTC phone meet network standards. Executives at all three companies are hoping to announce the phone in September. The deal is expected to be exclusive making it the only Android phone available in the US this year.

Source : nytimes.com

HTC’s Dream has surfaced on YouTube, showing a white smartphone running Android and sliding horizontally to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard. The phone in the video bears an uncanny resemblance to a “reference design” made by “a partner” of Google’s that was demonstrated by none other than Google’s own Andy Rubin back in February of this year.

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