Thursday, October 23, 2008

T-Mobile and Google roll out the G1 handset in the U.S.

TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- T-Mobile USA Inc. and Google rolled out in the U.S. the G1 mobile-phone handset, the first phone powered by the Mountain View, Calif., search-engine giant's (GOOG:
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