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Welcome to CNET's home for information about the T-Mobile G1, previously known as the HTC Dream. The first smartphone to use Google's Android operating system, the G1 features a touch-screen interface, a QWERTY keyboard, Wi-Fi, 3G, GPS, a music player, and support for third-party applications. But should you rush out to get one when it goes on sale October 22?

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There's been a lot of anticipation and hype around the T-Mobile G1. As the first smartphone to run Google Android, a lot of people are curious to see what it has to offer and how it stacks up to the iPhone. What's the verdict? Read our full review to find out.

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Pre-boot operating systems solve problems we shouldn't have

PC BIOS maker Phoenix on Tuesday is announcing its own operating system, of a sort: Hyperspace, a "pre-boot" environment that allows you to get your PC up and on the Web in seconds, instead of the minutes it will take you to power up and launch a browser with a Read more

Posted By: Rafe Needleman Jan 5 2009

Garmin releases Nuvifone screenshots; won't run Android OS

We are starting to see more and more signs that the Garmin Nuvifone is real and not just a figment of our imagination. Announced almost a year ago, the first smartphone for the GPS manufacturer just recently received FCC approval and now Garmin has released a media gallery of Nuvifone Read more

Posted By: Bonnie Cha Jan 5 2009

Android Netbooks: Fact or fiction?

A couple of freelance writers for the blog VentureBeat say they have ported Google's Android operating system to an Asus Eee PC. But does this constitute a new trend in Netbooks? Matthäus Krzykowski and Daniel Hartmann said in a post Thursday that they compiled, in four hours, Read more

Posted By: Brooke Crothers Jan 2 2009

Worst open-source predictions of 2008

The VAR Guy dons a hairshirt for getting five things wrong in 2008 on open source, but other than his optimism on Mandriva, there's little in his predictions to criticize. Indeed, it may simply be too soon to call the game one way or the other on his other Read more

Posted By: Matt Asay Dec 29 2008

Dreaming up the next-gen iPhone

There's no question that Apple's iPhone 3G has been the hottest phone of 2008 with its sleek touch screen design and software, but that hasn't stopped bloggers from dreaming up ways to make the iPhone even better. Earlier this week, the gadget blog Gizmodo posted a mock-up Read more

Posted By: Marguerite Reardon Dec 29 2008

New Year's downloads

Goodbye, 2008 and hello, 2009! A new year means new calendars, new personal resolutions, and an end-of-year celebration to ring it in. Our collection of applications for your PC has bartending and DJ downloads for all that party planning, a calendar to keep you up to date, desktop sticky notes Read more

Posted By: Jessica Dolcourt Dec 27 2008

An end to the Google bonus fairytale?

Clarification added December 30 (see text below). For Googlers eagerly awaiting their famous holiday bonuses, be warned: Santa is tightening his belt too. Google employees, some of whom have reportedly grown used to fairytale-like cash bonuses on the north side of $20,000, apparently got coal in their stockings this Read more

Posted By: Steven Musil Dec 22 2008

CNET News Daily Podcast: Our last podcast for the year

As Christmas beckons, Palm gets a new lifeline; phone rumors swirl around Garmin; and there's more fallout from the recording industry's ISP turnaround last week. Listen now: Download today's podcast Today's stories: Palm investor to kick in an extra $100 million Check Point to acquire Nokia'Read more

Posted By: Charles Cooper Dec 22 2008

Report: Garmin eyes Android phones for 2009

A couple weeks after Garmin signed up as a member of Google's Open Handset Alliance comes word that the company has plans for an Android phone next year. Details, however, are scant. Here's the extent of the report from DigiTimes, citing Tony An, Asia-Pacific marketing director for the Read more

Posted By: Jonathan Skillings Dec 22 2008

Google stuffs staffers' stockings with the G1

Google Australia employees--and those in many other countries--received an HTC Dream Android phone as a holiday gift. "We've never developed anything like the Android software before, so this represented a unique opportunity to celebrate that achievement," a Google representative told ZDNet Australia on Monday. Apart from spreading holiday cheer, Read more

Posted By: Suzanne Tindal Dec 22 2008