10 years ago, Android entered the HTC Dream / Era G1 phones

Although it is hard to believe, smartphones with the Google Android mobile system have been with us for 10 years. Built on the basis of open standards, the operating system on September 23, 2008 went to the HTC Dream phone, i.e. the Era G1 known in Poland.

HTC Dream / Era G1, the first Android smartphone on board. The video below shows the effects of converting the latest Android 4.0 to the first smartphone that was released on the Polish market with Android - HTC Dream, also known as Era G1.

The first generally available Android phone on board today would likely be considered a defective product. HTC Dream, because we are talking about it, when it hit store shelves in February 2009, offered only basic functions. It did not impress with its appearance, and its operation was not the most intuitive experience. The only aspect that distinguished the model was the integration with Google services and a web browser built on the foundation of the Webkit rendering engine. A modest application base, not very friendly interface and small multimedia capabilities made Android version 1.1 pale in comparison to the competition in the form of Windows Mobile and iPhone OS. The G1, as the aforementioned phone was also called, gained recognition mainly among enthusiasts who saw the potential of a new player on the market of mobile operating systems through the fog of inconvenience.

In Poland, Era (today T-Mobile) had the exclusive right to sell this device among mobile operators since February 2009. This device was warmly received by users and at that time it made a really amazing impression. It had a single-core processor clocked at 500 MHz and a version 1.5 system. In April 2009, one of the US chains announced that they had sold over a million G1s in the US alone, and in this country, according to AdMob G1 estimates, it had 6% of the market.

Android gained momentum a year later with the launch of the Motorola Droid and helped Verizon succeed, but that's another story.