Google prepares to launch HTC Android phone
Google which is one of the world’s top brand is now with a new mission, to make a place for themselves in the highly competitive mobile world. The new phone powered by Google is set to launch , ready to face off against Apple’s iPhone in the run .
T-Mobile is expected to launch the first Google Android phone on Tuesday at an event in New York. The mobile, already dubbed the “G-phone,” will run on Android, Google’s new software for mobile phones. It will be launched in New York , and will be available in the US by next month. It is anticipated that the phone will be available in British stores by November.
The G1 is expected to cost about $199 (£108), which would be around the same cost as basic 8GB version of the iPhone.
The phone is expected to have as built-in GPS (global positioning system), a tilt sensor for gaming, and a camera. It is thought it will be able to run Google’s range of web applications, including Gmail, Google Docs and Google Maps, and will likely also feature Google’s new web browser, Chrome. The arrival of the first G-phone is the opening round in the battle to create and control the software that will run the next generation of mobile phone that will be able to access the Internet.
Google also hope to take the lead over Apple, by making Android “open source” – meaning that no-one will be charged to use it on their handset or for writing applications for it. This means that anyone can write programs that will run on an Andriod-powered phone.
So far, these free application include “BreadCrumbz”, a GPS style navigation system that not only give a drawing of your route, but also includes real-world photos of your surroundings to keep you from getting lost. Another application is “TuneWiki”, a karaoke player for mobiles which synchronizing written lyrics to a song’s YouTube video.
Developers have already been creating applications for the iPod and iPhone, with users of Apple’s devices downloading the 3000 applications available through iTunes over 100m times since they were available in July this year.
Android, is expected to put Google’s new browser at the forefront of the G-phones, enabling the internet giant to tap into this audience.
There are more Android powered phones set for launch next year, with manufacturers LG and Samsung set to unveil their first mobile phones that run on Google’s new software next year.
