T-Mobile Will Be First To Use Android

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."

Comments

I looked at the Android software.

[LWATCDR]

Okay it was written by Google but I just didn't think it was all that special.
It was not as open as I would have liked. It only ran in an emulator.
You have to write you applications in Java. Which I do know but is some what limiting.
And the UI was just... Okay.
I will have to see what comes of it but so far it is just ok.

HTC Phone

[Deliveranc3]

Hey I found a HTC phone video on youtube. It looks sexy as hell but could definitely use a slide out keyboard. Does anyone have a link to a video where one does?

Re:iphone

[mraway]

iPhone is already running UNIX-based OS, which is called Mac OS.