T-Mobile Limiting G1 Android Phone Orders

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After its announcement a few days ago, T-Mobile has stopped taking orders for their new G1 Android phones. Customers trying to get one of the initial models is out of luck and would have to wait a little bit more.

According to Android Guys’ blog, due to the popularity of T-Mobile’s G1, which is powered by Google’s Android operating system, upgrades are temporarily unavailable.

The G1 phone is built by HTC and was announced last Tuesday and goes on sale October 22. The T-Mobile G1 sports a large touchscreen display that is similar to that found on the Apple iPhone, though it is slightly larger in size, at 3.17″ across the diagonal, and offers a full 65k HVGA (480×320 pixel) resolution. Since the display makes use of capacitive touchscreen technology, it can be activated by very light touches, something that all of HTC’s Windows Mobile smartphones have been, thus far, unable to claim. When the device is held horizontally and the display is slid up, the G1’s full QWERTY keyboard is revealed in a way that many T-Mobile Sidekick users will appreciate.

The T-Mobile G1 is a quad-band GSM/EDGE smartphone that also supports 3G on T-Mobile’s new 1700MHz UMTS network as well as the 2100MHz UMTS networks used in Europe. WiFi is also available for times when more speed is needed.

The price for a G1 Android phone is $179.99 for those who sign up for a two-year contract with T-Moble.