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Aug. 17, 2008

T-Mobile USA claims it will be the first wireless carrier to offer a mobile phone based on Google's Android software.

This is if all goes according to T-Mobile's original plans laid out in March.

T-Mobile's new wireless handset could hit the operator’s store shelves as early as Oct. 1, but certainly before Christmas, according to the company.

In a YouTube video, the device, identified as the HTC Dream, appears to offer the same large touchscreen as the iPhone.

However, the video also shows that the unit's screen slides out to reveal a 5-row keyboard.

The high-end phone, which will be made by smartphone maker HTC, is expected to challenge Apple's iPhone as well as other high-end smartphones.

Late last year, Google introduced its Android software system for designing mobile phone devices.

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Source: T-Mobile USA.