A prototype of the Google Android mobile by Qualcomm is on display at the Mobile World Congress (formerly 3GSM World Congress) in Barcelona, February 11, 2008 can be seen below.
The first mobile phone to use Google Inc's Android mobile operating software will cost $199, the Wall Street Journal reported on its website on Wednesday.The phone, which features a slide-out keypad, is being manufactured by Taiwan's HTC Corp and will be sold by Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile USA unit, which plans to unveil the device at an event in New York on September 23.
T-Mobile has confirmed that September 23 is D-Day for announcing the massively hyped phone which is expected to inject some vigour into the smartphone market and give tough competition to the Apple’s iPhone.
AT&T Inc, the only U.S. operator selling Apple Inc's iPhone, set the price of the latest version at $199 in July, setting a benchmark for smartphones that can surf the Web, manage email and other multimedia features. Based on the price tag of iPhone Google’s much awaited Android OS phone will hit the market with same price tag as per the first hand information leaked
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