T-Mobile G1 Could Get Android 2.0 Upgrade Very Soon

The T-Mobile G1 is over a year old, but it may soon have new life breathed into it courtesy of a significant system software upgrade. An unconfirmed report says Android 2.0 will be coming to this smartphone by the end of this month.

The G1 debuted in late 2008 with Android OS 1.0, and has been upgraded several times since then. The most recent of these was this fall, to Android OS 1.6.

Since then,there was an unconfirmed report that T-Mobile is going to release Android OS 2.0 for the G1, or a slightly updated version, OS 2.0.1.

A new report, based on information leaking out of this carrier, says that this upgrade is going to be available by the end of January.

An operating system upgrade will bring a range of new features, such as support for multiple Microsoft Exchange accounts, an improved version of the web browser, and better camera software.

An Overview of the T-Mobile G1
The T-Mobile G1 is a consumer-oriented smartphone with a 3.2-inch HVGA touchscreen, a QWERTY keyboard, mobile broadband, GPS, and Wi-Fi. It also sports a microSD card slot and a 3.2 megapixel camera.

As discussed earlier, this smartphone runs Android, an operating system that was developed primarily by Google. This has a highly-functional web browser, and includes tie-ins to a number of this company's online services, like Gmail and Google Maps. 

There is also a rapidly growing collection of third-party software available.

This device originally debuted last year at $180, but is now selling for $100.

Source: Thomas Riley