Google has announced that they are making an unlocked version of the G1 phone available to members of the Android developer network. The phone, which costs $400, is intended to provide mobile software developers with a “real world” hardware environment in which to test their applications. The G1 is the first mobile device to use Google’s Android mobile operating system.
It’ll be interesting to see how the mobile software development world responds to Google’s entry into the market, and if the new Android OS is able to lure people away from their beloved Blackberrys and iPhones.
