What was the HTC Dream sold as by T-Mobile in the United States?

The HTC Dream was sold as the T-Mobile G1 in the United States. HTC developed the phone, while T-Mobile used the G1 name for its American launch in October 2008. The device is also known simply as the G1 in some European markets and as the Era G1 in Poland.

The phone was historically important because it was the first commercially released smartphone running Android. It combined a touchscreen with a physical, slide-out QWERTY keyboard and a trackball. Its launch version of Android included Google services such as Gmail, Google Maps, and the Android Market for downloading applications.

T-Mobile sold the G1 for $179 with a two-year contract. The phone represented an early alternative to platforms such as Symbian, BlackBerry OS, and Apple’s iPhone OS. Reviewers praised its openness, notifications, and integration with Google services, while criticizing the early software’s limited features and third-party application support.

The Nexus One came later as Google’s first Nexus phone. It was also made by HTC, but it was a separate product and was not the T-Mobile-branded name of the HTC Dream.