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T-Mobile is expected to launch the first Google Android phone tomorrow at an event in New York.

"The phone, a somewhat chunky model called Dream built by HTC, is expected to cost about $200 from T-Mobile and go on sale in October," writes CNET's Stephen Shankland. "Until other partners in the Google-spawned, 34-member Open Handset Alliance bring their Android products to market, this small piece of electronics will shoulder a lot of ambitions."

"Many of the Dream's features are under wraps until launch, but based on leaked photos and videos along with screenshots released by Google, we already have a pretty good idea of what to expect," writes TIME's Anita Hamilton. "The biggest departure from the iPhone design is the inclusion of a physical keyboard, which apparently slides out from underneath the Dream's touchscreen."

"Even if sales of the first Android device are lower than the iPhone, the Android phone is notable for a few reasons: it's Google's serious entry into the mobile-phone market, it accompanies a shift in the mobile-phone market toward openness and it adds yet another platform in an already crowded mobile operating system market," notes ITworld's Nancy Gohring.

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