There is a lot of hype circulating around the launch of first ever Google Android phone, which will be sold by T-Mobile as G1. HTC, the manufacturer of the T-Mobile G1 plans to produce and sell 2 million of these devices and it predicts that around 400,000-500,000 devices would be sold by the end of this year. If it all goes well, the launch of the first ever Google Android device would earn HTC 7 billion Taiwanese dollars in Q4 2008 and 18 billion Taiwanese dollars next year. With the price tag set at $179 for the T-Mobile G1, experts are expecting that HTC would be able to achieve its planned sales and profit figures.

Just to recap, the T-Mobile G1 Smartphone features a slide out QWERTY keyboard and it will operate on T-Mobile's high speed 3G network. It is designed to provide easier and faster mobile access to popular Google services such as Google search engine, Gmail, Google Maps, and YouTube.

Do visit the official website if you wish to learn more about the T-Mobile G1 and pre-order it.

Source: Into Mobile