T-Mobile first to offer Android smartphone

15-Aug-2008 [Source: TheNew York Times]

[T-Mobile to be the first U.S. carrier to offer an Android-based smartphone made by HTC reports the NYT. Launch expected as early as October.]

By Laura M. Holson and Miguel Helft (NYT) -- "T-Mobile will be the first carrier to offer a mobile phone powered by Google’s Android software, according to people briefed on the company’s plans. The phone will be made by HTC, one of the largest makers of mobile phones in the world, and is expected to go on sale in the United States before Christmas, perhaps as early as October."