Gizmodo’s got pictures of the new Android-based G2 phone, this time with a 3.2 megapixel camera and no hardware keyboard (ie, just a touchscreen like the iPhone and Storm).  Apparently the device is thinner than the iPhone 3G, but we’re still bothered by its lack of symmetry.  Meanwhile, it’s been reported that Android device sales are not biting iPhone sales in the slightest. Check it out.

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Well this is it — the first Android handset was introduced yesterday at Wembley Stadium (essentially Microsoft Stadium) in London, England.  We now know that the Android unit will indeed offer VoIP features out of the box, and that Google’s engineering team has confirmed that at least one carrier is on speaking terms about the addition of VoIP. This gives the Android a tangible edge on the iPhone, which is still in VoIP limbo.

Also included in the first Android handset, known as the G1, which has roughly the same form factor as the iPhone, is a touch screen and a set of nav buttons.  We also now know that this phone and the HTC Dream are one and the same.  The new device will be available on October 17, from T-Mobile, with other carriers, including Sprint, to follow next year.

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Google has introduced the Android Market, an online marketplace for developers to hawk the apps they’ve created for the search giant’s cell phone OS, Android. At first blush, the thing looks suspiciously like the iPhone App Store.  One key difference: the quality control aspect. Users will govern quality, rather than the proprietor of the marketplace.  Unlike Apple’s App Store, Google will apparently not have to certify applications that are offered, but rather use the “Web 2.0″ approach of YouTube, allowing users to vote up or vote down certain apps on a 5-star scale, creating the bubble effect: the good content rises to the top of the heap, while the poor ones get buried. Check it out.

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