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images/news/google.jpgGoogle Releases SIM-unlocked Android Phone For $399
Google's Android team announces the availability of the Android Dev Phone 1. The device is the first SIM-unlocked and hardware-unlocked device based on the Android mobile operating system, a Linux-based OS designed as an alternative to smart mobile and wireless phones based on Microsoft Windows Mobile, Nokia Symbian, Apple's iPhone and RIM. The device should appeal to applications developers who won't buy the Android-based T-Mobile G1 because they don't subscribe to T-Mobile's network.
Google's Android team Dec. 5 quietly announced the Android Dev Phone 1, a SIM-unlocked and hardware-unlocked device for programmers of the open source mobile operating system to test and debug their applications on. Programmers can use any SIM card in the device, so that users can use it on any network that will support it. Network providers lock the SIM cards to restrict the use of these phones to specific countries and network providers, one of the many ways telecommunications giants control their destiny in the industry.
The unit costs $399 USD and is available in the US, UK, Germany, Japan, India, Canada, France, Taiwan, Spain, Australia, Singapore, Switzerland, Netherlands, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Poland, and Hungary.
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Google's Android team announces the availability of the Android Dev Phone 1. The device is the first SIM-unlocked and hardware-unlocked device based on the Android mobile operating system, a Linux-based OS designed as an alternative to smart mobile and wireless phones based on Microsoft Windows Mobile, Nokia Symbian, Apple's iPhone and RIM. The device should appeal to applications developers who won't buy the Android-based T-Mobile G1 because they don't subscribe to T-Mobile's network.
Google's Android team Dec. 5 quietly announced the Android Dev Phone 1, a SIM-unlocked and hardware-unlocked device for programmers of the open source mobile operating system to test and debug their applications on. Programmers can use any SIM card in the device, so that users can use it on any network that will support it. Network providers lock the SIM cards to restrict the use of these phones to specific countries and network providers, one of the many ways telecommunications giants control their destiny in the industry.
The unit costs $399 USD and is available in the US, UK, Germany, Japan, India, Canada, France, Taiwan, Spain, Australia, Singapore, Switzerland, Netherlands, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Poland, and Hungary.
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