Thursday, September 9, 2010

T-Mobile Announces the G2

Quite a bit of news involving T-Mobile today. T-Mobile this morning announced the G2, made by HTC. The G2 is the successor to the first Android phone, the G1. The G2 will come running the Froyo 2.2 version of Android, and will be the first phone to be specifically designed for T-Mobiles HSPA+ network. T-Mobile calls their HSPA+ network a 4G network, despite being based on the 3G network technology.

T-Mobile's HSPA+ network will support speeds up to 21 Mbit/sec and is not available everywhere, although is currently available in 55 cities, which is a similar number to Sprint's WiMax network.

Back to the phone, the G2 will possess a 3.7 inch touch screen and have a full QWERTY keyboard. It was also have an 800MHz processor (below today's standard 1GHz processors, but still very capable), with the objective to obtain better battery life than many of today's power hungry phones.

Other features include a 5 megapixel camera with support for 720p video recording, 7 home screens, 4GB internal memory and an 8GB microSD card.

T-Mobile took a different approach to their first 4G phone than Sprint did, with a phone that does not have the large display or the power hungry speedy processor, but it did bring another great phone, one that maybe more suitable for messaging users and those with a need for long battery life.

T-Mobile has stated the G2 will be available for pre-order sometime in late September.

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