G-Day minus 1 - and Google open sources Android

by Julian Prokaza
on Wed 22 Oct 2008 Comment

With just 24 hours to go till the T-Mobile G1 goes on sale in the US, Google has announced that Android is now officially Open Source.

And while that might prompt some to whip out the soldering iron to start crafting their own Google Phone, for others it will still be quicker to buy a G1 on launch day. As we reported earlier, T-Mobile has said there's been big demand for the handset, with five times the usual amount of interest for other major handset launches on their website.

News from Mr Brier Dudley's blog over in Seattle is that doors will be opening from 7am Stateside, with stores receiving alocations of 60 handsets each - all of which are expected to be sold within the first two and a half hours. Some of those who pre-ordered have apparently already got theirs.

While the G1 launches here just a week after the US, T-Mobile UK hasn't been taking any pre-orders, with just a form to register interest on the website. What that implies for UK stocks come 30th October isn't clear but judging by the experience in the US, some good-old orderly British queuing might be necessary.

[ T-Mobile G1]

Originally published on www.mobilecomputermag.co.uk, now incorporated into Broadband Genie
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