Is an Android going for Cell Phone dominance?

It appears that, with the release of the T-Mobile HTC G1, Google is taking its first meaningful step into the wireless world. The search giant will be releasing its Android Mobile Operating System in October – it’s an OS that offers attractive flexibility to the user, but, from Google’s perspective, it represents a chance to grab some mobile advertising dollars. The G1 is the first of its kind, but there will be more Android devices; each of them will grant Google the ability to integrate itself in the mobile experience. How Android will stack up remains to be seen, but it’s been billed as a consumer app… which means it goes right after the iPhone.

Getting music from Amazon and applications from the Google Market will really help the Google loyalists, but being on the T-Mobile network and not having great interfacing to Windows Mobile may keep the business users out of it (see “New Google phone is no iPhone killer“). It will be interesting to see how it evolves.

Apple and the iPhone can rest easy for now, but Google has now entered the cell phone and wireless game and with T-Mobile and HTC the G1 may be a hit.