T-Mobile’s Android Device Will Have $199 Price Tag

September 19th, 2008 | Category: Tech Talk

As Android gets closer to launch, details about the first device using the open-source mobile platform are coming into focus. A new report indicates that the first Android phone, to be released in October by T-Mobile, will be priced at $199. The price was reported earlier that week in the online edition of The Wall Street Journal.

In preparation for the launch, T-Mobile is getting its house in order. On Thursday, it announced it was expanding its 3G

network from 13 markets in the United States to 21 by the middle of next month, growing to 27 markets by the end of 2008.


‘Absolutely Not Coincidental’

The Android handset will be officially announced on September 23 and available next month. The HTC Dream, aka G1, will be the first device using the new open Android platform, whose development has been spearheaded by Google.

Avi Greengart, an analyst with […]

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