T-Mobile will release that fall the first device using Google’s Android software platform, according to a new report.

The New York Times said Thursday that the phone, being made by HTC, is expected to go on sale as early as October, in order to prepare the holiday season. It cited unnamed sources who had been briefed on T-Mobile’s plans.

Touchscreen, Keyboard

The new device using the open-source Android software stack will reportedly have smartphone capabilities that

compare with the Apple iPhone and devices from Research in Motion, Nokia and others.

The HTC phone is expected to have a touchscreen that slides out to reveal a full keyboard. A video purportedly showing the Android device is now on YouTube. Even whether development is completed, the phone must still be certified by the Federal Communications Commission before it can be released.

The expected launch of an Android-based phone is attracting a […]

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