The first commercially available smartphone running Android was the HTC Dream. In the United States, it was sold by T-Mobile under the name T-Mobile G1.
HTC developed the phone, while Google and the Open Handset Alliance helped create the Android platform it used. The device was released in October 2008 with Android 1.0, making it the first consumer smartphone to bring Android to market.
The HTC Dream had a 3.2-inch touchscreen, a physical five-row QWERTY keyboard that slid out from beneath the display, and a trackball for navigation. It integrated Google services such as Gmail, Maps, YouTube, and Google Talk, and included the original Android Market for downloading applications.
The name T-Mobile G1 can cause confusion, but it refers to the same phone rather than a different first Android model. The Motorola Droid came later in 2009, while the Nexus One launched in 2010 as Google’s first Nexus-branded smartphone. Samsung’s Galaxy S also arrived later, in 2010.