New York - Mobile network operator T-Mobile USA on Tuesday introduced the G1, the first mobile phone to feature Google's Android operating system, which will sell for $179 with a two-year voice and data agreement when it goes on sale first in the U.S. on Oct. 22. Viewed as a smartphone that will challenge Apple's iPhone, the G1 -- manufactured by Taiwan's HTC -- features both a touch-screen display and a full QWERTY hardware keyboard that slides out from underneath.

New York - The first mobile phone to utilize Google's (NASD: GOOG) new Android operating system software, HTC's Dream, will cost $199 when it goes on sale later this month, The Wall Street Journal reports.

New York - Deutsche Telekom owned T-Mobile USA will be the first carrier to offer a mobile phone based on Google’s Android software. The company is aiming for a pre-holiday launch, maybe as early as October, according to a report in The New York Times citing unnamed sources.

Barcelona - Korea's Samsung Electronics, U.K. chip designer ARM and U.S.-based Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) separately announced plans on Monday to introduce mobile products based on Google's (NASD: GOOG) Android mobile phone software platform, with the latter planning to introduce a prototype this week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Mountain View, Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) announced on Monday the development of Android, an open platform for mobile devices that will support Google's applications and services, and is being created in collaboration with T-Mobie, HTC, Qualcomm, Motorola and over 30 other firms.