Press release
Exclusive T-Mobile G1 allows users to customise their phone with innovative applications
NEW YORK, 23rd September - T-Mobile today unveiled the highly anticipated T-Mobile G1 - the first phone to run on Android, the innovative open source mobile phone software platform. The Android Market allows users of the T-Mobile G1 to choose from a variety of applications in order to tailor their phone to suit their lifestyle. The T-Mobile G1 will be available exclusively from T-Mobile in the UK before Christmas this year.
The T-Mobile G1 has full touch-screen functionality and a QWERTY keyboard, which makes navigating the different functions of the device easy. It's perfect for whatever communication users prefer, whether it's calling, texting, email, or having instant messenger conversations. It's also optimised for accessing the internet on your phone, so users can keep up-to-date with social networking sites such as Facebook, search for locations on Google Maps, or upload photographs to image-sharing websites.
The T-Mobile G1 is also the first phone to provide access to Android Market, where customers can find and download unique applications to expand and further customise their phone to fit their lifestyle.
T-Mobile customers can ensure they are kept up to date with the T-Mobile G1 by registering their details at www.t-mobile.co.uk/tmobileg1.
Jim Hyde, Chief Executive, T-Mobile UK said: "The T-Mobile G1 is the first device to run on the Android platform, giving customers unprecedented ability to make their mobile work just the way they want. Today, we increasingly use many different ways to keep in touch - from simple calls and email, to instant messaging and status updates on social networks. The T-Mobile G1 is a unique mobile, designed with the new possibilities of online communication in mind.
"Customers can tailor their phones with access to a variety of innovative applications. We're thrilled to offer this exciting breakthrough that gives people unlimited freedom to communicate they way they want to - it will change the way we use our mobiles."
The T-Mobile G1 is the first phone to offer access to Android Market, which is anticipated over time to host hundreds of unique applications and mash-ups of existing and new services from developers around the world. With just a couple of short clicks, customers can find and download a wide range of innovative software applications - from games to social networking and on-the-go shopping - to customise their phone and enhance their mobile lifestyle. A selection of unique, first-of-a-kind Android applications will be available for download on Android Market when the phone launches.
