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Google G1: it could be the first Android mobile phone in history, introduced 15 years ago

Renders released by the Android co-founder show that the design of the Google G1 was much bolder than that of the HTC Dream. | Font: Twitter/rich miner

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androidmobile operating system Googleis one of two major ecosystems currently present in the mobile phone industry along with iOS from Mansana. It is impossible to imagine smartphones without the software of those Mountain View And despite the fact that the first device it came preinstalled on turned out to be very different, the company planned to spearhead this technological revolution with the Google G1, a phone with a bolder design.

Needless to say that android was acquired Google when it was still a project in development, but this operating system was not born as a response to Mansana and its ecosystem iOS directly. Oh sure htc dreamhis first command was android pre-installed, it was released a year after the first iphonethe truth is that both the software and the first mobile phones to use it have already been created for some time.

htc dream
The HTC Dream was the first ever Android mobile phone released on October 22, 2008. | Font: Hataka

Google G1: what could be the future of smartphones

Then, htc dream It was still not very clear to me which way the ecosystem was moving. android will continue for many years to come. This equipment featured a full keyboard that could be accessed by sliding the touchscreen, but other designs were considered.

rich minerco-founder androidwas responsible for clarifying some data related to the development of the operating system in the branch Twitterwhere he explains that the software was not created exclusively Google rather, it was acquired at an early stage of development.

Miner explains that android born in response to microsoftwhich at that time launched Window Mobilewith the aim that the mobile communications market would have an alternative and not be dominated by a firm based Bill Gates as it has already happened in the field of computers.

Two different cell phones were offered for this new option. On the one hand I was Dreamwhich had a touch screen and on the other we had Earlymobile phone based design blackberry with higher priority on the keyboard. This first idea used the concept Google G1 – what happened afterwards htc dream- but its design has changed over time.

Early
It was a Sooner design that could have been the first Android mobile phone in history. | Font: 1.bp.blogspot.com

The lost design of the first Android

in your topic TwitterMiner also shared some photos of the design, which Google G1 five months left before the release of the first iphone To the market. The renders show that while the basic concept of a slide-out screen that hides the keyboard is still there, the design is very different as it has a more “young” hue and is dominated by a light green color.

Other aspects have changed completely, such as the ring on the right side, which could serve as an additional control or for selecting text. In addition, the original design also has answer and end call buttons, a home button and a back button. On the other hand, there were two buttons on the screen dedicated to functions, with email and a logo Google displayed at the top.

Finally, Google G1 became what we knew 15 years ago as htc dream but the result was fundamentally different from what was originally supposed. The design was much more “serious” and typical of entrepreneurs or business people. Now, only one question remains: how much would the landscape of mobile telephony change if this innovative concept were introduced to the market.

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