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T-Mobile Will Be First To Use Android

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the setting-your-sights-too-high-can-lead-to-disappointment dept.

stoolpigeon writes to tell us that T-Mobile's upcoming phone will try to combine the best elements of many of the new smart phones, and will be using Google's Android software. "The HTC phone, which many gadget sites are calling the 'dream,' will have a touch screen, like the iPhone. But the screen also slides out to expose a full five-row keyboard. A video of the phone has been posted recently on YouTube. A person who has seen the HTC device said it matched the one in the video. The phone's release date depends on how soon the Federal Communications Commission 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 because they would benefit from holiday season sales."

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  1. "Use Android" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    That sounds like a nice way of saying robot slavery! FREE OUR MECHANICAL BROTHERS!

    1. Re:"Use Android" by Tumbleweed · · Score: 2, Funny

      That sounds like a nice way of saying robot slavery! FREE OUR MECHANICAL BROTHERS!

      Android Dream is clearly a female, you sexist pig! Think 'Gigolo Jane' from A.I. Android's Dream, however, is a novel.

      Besides, it's clearly not slavery, as you won't be using it for more than a few years. It's more like being a serf.

    2. Re:"Use Android" by amRadioHed · · Score: 5, Funny

      I disagree, an android dream is clearly an electronic sheep.

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  2. Better than the iPhone by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    iDon't think so

  3. Re:FCC by oneal13rru · · Score: 4, Funny

    Of course they do! It said Android!! They have to make sure it follows the 3 Laws of Robotics or the phone might take over the world!!

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  4. yes but what about the iPhone? by e2d2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    A mention of Android? Cue iPhone debate.

  5. Re:No, wait! It's... by dfsmith · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ugh! What a horrible, low quality video. Was it made on a cellphone or something?

  6. Re:No, wait! It's... by InsaneProcessor · · Score: 5, Funny

    Shot with an iphone.

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  7. Re:FCC by Sockatume · · Score: 4, Funny

    What if controls the horizontal, and the vertical?

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  8. Re:No, wait! It's... by TJamieson · · Score: 4, Funny

    You sure it's not this one?

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  9. Re:No, wait! It's... by sootman · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hmm... I clicked 'watch in high quality' but it didn't help.

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  10. Re:No, wait! It's... by lmnfrs · · Score: 2, Funny

    Holy crap, I wish I had sprayed milk out my nose.. But I'm eating chili :(