T-Mobile, the fourth largest mobile phone carrier in the U.S., has confirmed that the much anticipated G2 Android phone will be available starting “early summer.”
The company has sold over 1 million of the original G1 device, which is a re-branded HTC Dream. The phone was made available in the Q3 2008 and has been a great success for the carrier.
“T-Mobile is planning to offer the follow-on device to the T-Mobile G1 early this summer,” the company confirmed via email. Unfortunately there was no other details on the phone itself.
The move should coincide with Palm’s launch of the Pre smartphone as well as the expected launch of a new version of the popular Apple iPhone.
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According to an IDG News Service report, the world’s largest mobile phone carrier, China Mobile, is planning to start its own application store, dubbed the Mobile Market.
The store will be open to professional developers and independent developers, although it is unsure what operating systems will be supported by the store or the applications.
The report says the application store may have been another roadblock in negotiations between Apple and China Mobile over bringing the iPhone to China. Apple wants to be the sole distributor for applications on the iPhone, but clearly China Mobile has different plans.
Apple is now allegedly negotiating with China Unicom instead.
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The mobile phone carrier O2 has announced that it will be the exclusive carrier for the popular Apple iPhone in Ireland following its successful launch in the UK last year.
The official debut for the device in Ireland is slated for March 14th. The device will sell in O2’s retail stores and also through “Carphone Warehouse” retail stores. The smaller capacity 8GB model of the iPhone will sell for €399 including VAT. The larger capacity 16GB model will retail for €499 including VAT. Obviously the device will work with both Macs and PCs.
The different service plans will be available from O2, with the cheapest beginning at €45. Each plan will have anytime minutes, text messaging and a 1GB data bundle at least.
More details when they become available.
