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The GPhone Is Coming, But Will It Shake Up the Smartphone Market?
Posted Aug 19, 2008 12:50pm EDT by Dan Frommer in Electronics, Internet, Telecom, Products and TrendsThe government is out of Google's way: The FCC has just approved the HTC Dream, the first phone that will run Google's "GPhone" Android mobile operating system.
No hi-res product shots included in the FCC's documentation, but we're able to confirm that the Dream will be able to access T-Mobile's nascent 3G data network -- it's been approved to use the 1700 MHz band, the chunk of airwaves that T-Mobile uses for 3G service. And the phone includes a "jog ball," which we understand is the correct jargon for the tiny trackball used on BlackBerries.
Now T-Mobile can start selling the Dream pretty much as soon as it wants. We expect it to go on sale next quarter as promised -- specifically, before Nov. 10 -- that's the date HTC has requested the FCC keep Dream photos and user manuals confidential until.
In the accompanying video, Henry and I discuss how the GPhone could change the smartphone market, particularly for U.S. market leaders RIM and Apple and overseas leader Nokia.
See Also:An Early GPhone Review: Android Is Powerful, But No iPhone
Google's Android Mobile OS Still On Track For Q4 Launch
18 Comments
Paul L - Tuesday August 19, 2008 02:18PM EDT
Baby just learning to walk, yet has big dream of flying!
Yahoo! Finance User - Tuesday August 19, 2008 02:47PM EDT
Folks - Chill out! Google is a business not a charity
Kelly Leak, LF - Tuesday August 19, 2008 02:53PM EDT
dan frommer looks like jimmy kimmel from a distance
Tired of Dumb Webbies - Tuesday August 19, 2008 02:57PM EDT
tfreudig - if it does not I am sure the pool boy will....
chris - Tuesday August 19, 2008 03:00PM EDT
Rush right out and throw $300 dollars at it! Better yet, CHARGE IT ON THE CARD! You know you've GOT to have it. I like the $.99 phones myself. I'll use the $299.01 that I save so that I can retire to some island where there are no phones...and no idiots walking around "texting" their thumbs off.
Yahoo! Finance User - Tuesday August 19, 2008 05:48PM EDT
Dan Frommer looks like a young Artie Lange. FIYAHHHHHHHHHH !
Eduardo Quezada - Tuesday August 19, 2008 07:51PM EDT
Is this the phone google is supposed to give away free? And ppl will just have to see and listen to commercials?
JanH - Tuesday August 19, 2008 11:16PM EDT
Wow. This interviewer just couldn't get anything right. Firstly, there is no such thing as the "GPhone." It's the HTC Dream on T-Mobile's network running the Android operating system (like Windows or Mac OS for your phone). Secondly, way to play the "buzz" game and then be shown up by your guest pointing out that MS sells millions of units with its OS on it. What a hack.
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Yahoo! Finance User - Tuesday August 19, 2008 01:49PM EDT
I think the Gphone is just the competition that Apple needs to push their product farther.