The New York Times is reporting that the first Android-powered phones will go on sale in the U.S. as early as October. According to the report, the phones will be created by HTC and run on T-Mobile's
nationwide network. Android will be the phone's operating system software.
Many tech blogs are calling the new HTC device the "dream," claiming that it will be able to match many of the
capabilities offered by Apple's iPhone and other smartphones, including touchscreen technology. Video of the phone has popped up on YouTube; a Times source who's seen the HTC device claims it matches
the one in the video.
Still, the phone's release date is not certain, because the FTC first needs to certify that the Google software and the HTC phone meet network standards. Executives
from the three companies hope to announce the phone in September so they can benefit from holiday sales, the Times said. Like the iPhone, users will be able to personalize their phones by downloading
third-party software. As Google CEO Eric Schmidt said in an interview yesterday, "We can make more money on mobile than we do on the desktop, eventually."
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