G1 News & Articles

 It’s (sort of) here! Well, for Europe at least. Yesterday European company Vodaphone officially announced their first mobile phone powered by the Google Android operating system. The HTC Magic, better known as G2, will be available exclusively to the Vodafone Europe network and it is unlikely to be offered in the US anytime soon. But it’s still fun to look:

Beyond the iPhone, never before has there been a single gadget, service, application or anything that has been as anticipated and hyped within mobile industry than Google Android. For months the chatter has been building, and eagerly we all have been waiting. Many say Android will change the world — has the Google revolution truly begun?

Recently, Google officially released Android 1.0 to the open source development community and T-Mobile officially released the HTC G1, the first Android enabled device. Customers can now purchase the HTC G1 (if they can find one) while developers can freely create amazing applications with no boundaries, something never before seen in the mobile industry. The possibilities are endless, and the whispers say this is only the beginning.

The iPhone might be the hottest tech toy out there right now, but it pales in comparison to the amount of change that Android can — and possibly will — bring to the mobile world. With the first open network for users and open platform for developers, everything will change.

Google and T-Mobile recently announced one of the biggest developments in the mobile industry, and things are bound to get very interesting, as the competition heats up between mobile telecommunication companies. Prices will lower, service will expand and functionality will increase. BlackBerry and iPhone, you better watch out.