Photos: T-Mobile G1 unveiled

T-Mobile, HTC, and Google have unveiled the T-Mobile G1, the first ever phone to use Google's Android operating system. It has a touch screen, a slide-out keyboard, and more. Take a closer look at it in our gallery.

CNET Reviews staff

Sept. 23, 2008 4:39 p.m. PT

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The T-Mobile G1 is also known as the HTC Dream, and is the first phone to use Android, a new mobile operating system by Google. Shown here is the device's home screen. You can drag and drop shortcut applications directly on to it.

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The T-Mobile G1 has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, which is great for typing out e-mail and text messages. There's a dedicated Web key on the keyboard that brings up the Web browser. The screen shown here is the Photo Album.

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The T-Mobile G1 held in hand at the launch event.

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The T-Mobile G1 also comes in black. Note that the bottom navigation part juts out at a slight angle, presumably so the mic is closer to the mouth.

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The T-Mobile G1 will come with Amazon's MP3 Store already loaded in the device. This lets you buy and download DRM-free songs over the air.

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Since it runs an operating system made by Google, the G1 is primed to handle Google Search and other Google applications. Just enter in your GMail account log-in information, and you are free to access your account whenever you wish.

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The T-Mobile G1 comes with a "compass mode" powered by Google Maps. This orients the Street View according to the user's position.

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The T-Mobile G1 also comes in this brown hue. The screen is currently showing what looks like a status page, where you can view the currently playing track, incoming text messages, new voice mail messages, plus a news ticker.