T-Mobile Android Launch Details and FAQ
September 23rd, 2008
The first true competitor to the iPhone is being released. Here are the faqs and information released from the press conference:
Price: $179
Release Date: October 22
Mail: Push and Pull. No exchange at this time.
Keyboard: Physical Slide Out (versus virtual keyboard on iPhone)
Locked: Sim-locked to T-Mobile.
Wifi: Present
Browser: Webkit (same base as Chrome)
Data Plans: $25 with unlimited Web and limited messaging. $35 total unlimited.
Sync: To Google, Yahoo, and other online services
Network Speed: 3G network rolling out nationwide (especially in metro areas)
Desktop application: None
Microsoft Documents: Supports Word and Excel documents
iTunes and Skype: Does not support Apple DRM. No skype support yet.
Applications: Easy to develop. Will have an application store.
September 23rd, 2008 at 8:42 am
iphone killer? Looks ugly. Being able to code easily with it is the only thing that might save it.
September 23rd, 2008 at 11:11 pm
Google dream is looking better than Iphone…
September 24th, 2008 at 7:49 am
HTC Touch all the way. Blows all this out of the water. When HTC releases with Android the world will be complete.
September 24th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Due to portability legislation we sadly won’t see this device in South Africa due to the SIM lock.
Legislation passed last year due to uncompetitive strategies made it illegal in South Africa to lock SIMS and numbers to service providers.
Pity as I would have enjoyed a device that fairly competed with the iPhone.