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T-Mobile G1 unboxing pictures

By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 at 3:48 PM

With the T-Mobile G1 already getting well acquainted with Android fans in the US, we couldn’t wait to get our hands on the first-ever smartphone to be powered by Google’s Android mobile OS. Today, the wait ended.

The T-Mobile G1 you see pictured in these galleries was dropped off this morning and we couldn’t have been happier to have our breakfast interrupted by the delivery man. The T-Mobile G1 is manufactured by HTC – one of the world’s largest smartphone manufacturers that many have probably never heard of.

The T-Mobile G1 began its journey down the path to Android glory as a speculated prototype device from HTC. In the early days, HTC confirmed that they were working to develop a smartphone powered by the Linux-based Android OS. Back then, the handset that would come to be known as the T-Mobile G1 was only known to us as the HTC Dream.

T-Mobile turned that “Dream” into an Android-powered reality with the T-Mobile G1. The announcement of the T-Mobile G1 ushered in a new age of open-source Android development and the first smartphone to bear Google’s renowned branding.

Keep reading to get at the picture gallery. And, keep an eye out for a full review!

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Will Park

Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...