Forget iPhone, First Google Android “gPhone” to debut next week
After competing with Web Browsers’ rivals, Google is now managing to conquer another universe and continues clobbering competitors. Just ten months after Google first announced the creation of its Android open source mobile phone platform, T-Mobile will unveil the world’s first Android-powered phone next week.
Traditional cell-phone makers like Nokia and Motorola are about to face a potentially big threat in mobile market. The open-source Android system is seen as Google’s answer to Apple’s successful iPhone and as a key initiative in the internet giant’s quest to extend its dominance to the mobile web.
The idea behind Android platform, Google says, is to spur innovation in developing mobile applications that will give users the same experience surfing the Web on their phone as they have on their desktop computers. They hope the Android platform will drive even more mobile Web surfing than the iPhone, which has helped mobile Internet use rocket in comparison with other smart phones.
The first gPhone will be triple-badged, carrying Google, T-Mobile and HTC logos. Google has worked closely with US carrier T-mobile and Taiwan electronics maker HTC to develop the new phone, which features a slide-out keypad and to be called Dream. Google made a contest to encourage software development companies to develop innovative and useful applications for the platform. The application contest winners can help users do everything from calling their nearest taxi cabs to comparing sale prices at different stores to calculating their carbon footprint.

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