T-Mobile stops taking orders for Android phones

Due to the immense popularity gained by Google’s Android phone, its service provider, T-Mobile has had to stop upgrades temporarily. The G1 phone by HTC, is priced at $179.99, for those wishing to sign-up with T-Mobile for a 2-year contract.

The pre-order page on T-Mobile’s site displayed the following message:

“Sorry! Due to the overwhelming popularity of the new T-Mobile G1, upgrades are temporarily unavailable. Please try again later.”

Technorati Tags: Android, g1, google, htc, iPhone competitor, TMobile

1. 
   September 30th, 2008 at 1:53 am
   Time Tracker Says:
   

   Interesting that the demand is already skyrocketing on a product that’s been released with little to no fanfare. Perhaps just maybe we ARE looking at the iPhone competitor. Sure, there’s been lots of speculation in this argument, but as of now, no tangible proof. Perhaps this is the first?

2. 
   September 30th, 2008 at 2:55 am
   Saad Ali Abbasi Says:
   

   definately the first one.
   Regards

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