wraggster
October 22nd, 2009, 15:56
T-Mobile UK has started selling the T-Mobile Pulse - the first Android handset available on a pay-as-you-go tariff.
The handset is exclusive to the operator, and costs £179.99. It's made by Huawei, and has a 3.5-inch touchscreen, 3.2-megapixel camera, and ships with the Android 1.5 OS.
That latter might put off geeks who want the more recent v1.6, but they're not really the target audience for the Pulse - presumably T-Mobile will be trying to sell them G2 Touch handsets on a contract.
Will the Pulse open up Android to a new, more mainstream consumer market in the UK? That price point might put a fair few off - it's the second most expensive paygo handset on T-Mobile UK behind the Nokia 5800.
Still, the fact that Android is now available on a pay-as-you-go basis is further sign of the platform's increasing importance to operators.
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/34783/T-Mobile-UK-selling-first-paygo-Android-handset
The handset is exclusive to the operator, and costs £179.99. It's made by Huawei, and has a 3.5-inch touchscreen, 3.2-megapixel camera, and ships with the Android 1.5 OS.
That latter might put off geeks who want the more recent v1.6, but they're not really the target audience for the Pulse - presumably T-Mobile will be trying to sell them G2 Touch handsets on a contract.
Will the Pulse open up Android to a new, more mainstream consumer market in the UK? That price point might put a fair few off - it's the second most expensive paygo handset on T-Mobile UK behind the Nokia 5800.
Still, the fact that Android is now available on a pay-as-you-go basis is further sign of the platform's increasing importance to operators.
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/34783/T-Mobile-UK-selling-first-paygo-Android-handset