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Early T-Mobile G1 render shows off a familiar but more eccentric look
A render has been shared by Android co-founder Rich Miner that shows off what the T-Mobile G1 looked like at one point.
In 2008, the first Android smartphone was launched, known to the world as the HTC Dream and to those in the United States as the T-Mobile G1. The handset design was interesting, featuring a sliding keyboard that would swoop out to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard. There was even a physical trackball for precise navigation. Now, we get to take a glimpse of the handset design pre-iPhone launch, showing us a more bubbly look with an "electric" color scheme that featured neon green and black.
Party Time--The HTC Dream G1 is Six Years Old!
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... in New York the HTC Dream was released to public. Take a short trip to the past and learn about this phone.
A few interesting events took place six years ago. In the USA, the biggest chart-topping song was “Whatever You Like” by T.I., while in the UK people were enjoying Kings of Leon's “Sex On Fire”. The weather was nice as well in September, but probably the most exciting event took place in the city of New York where HTC announced their first smartphone running Android OS. The HTC Dream on T-Mobile was officially presented to public. Today, the G1 is six years old and we would like to wish it a happy sixth birthday!
Android is now 6 years old. Over the years, Android was able to command over 80% of the market, while leaving iOS and Windows Mobile/Phone behind. Thus, this moment is ripe to look back at how the story of the little green robot began.
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