Google Android T-Mobile G2 Comes Out Of Hiding
Photos of what is suspected to be the new T-Mobile G2 were posted this morning on gadget blog Gizmodo.
According to the blog, the HTC-made device could be ready in May. The G2, while having some similarities to its predecessor, is much thinner and sacrifices the physical slide-out keyboard, one of the key features of the T-Mobile G1. In place of the keyboard, the G2 is expected to have a virtual keypad only, similar to the Apple iPhone. Additionally, the new G2 is shown as having a 3.2-megapixel camera and a touch-screen interface that Gizmodo's sources said will be "very similar" to the G1.
T-Mobile released the original G1 in October, marking the first -- and still only -- Android-based device on the market. The T-Mobile G1 was a shot across the bow of the Apple iPhone 3G, which dominated the touch-screen smartphone scene. Since the iPhone's release, several other touch-screen titans hit stores, including the G1 and BlackBerry's first-ever touch screen, the BlackBerry Storm. The T-Mobile G1 was vaulted to success, mainly because it was the first to feature Android, and quickly became one of the coolest smartphones of 2008.
New Android devices are expected soon, but have yet to become commercially available. So far, manufacturers like Garmin, Motorola, NTT DoCoMo, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and others have been said to be readying Android-based devices.