The first mobile telephone using Google's Android software has been unveiled.

首款GOOGLE Android平台手机曝光。

The T-Mobile G1 handset will be available in the UK in time for Christmas.

型号为G1的这款T-Mobile手机将于圣诞节在英国上市。 （注：T-Mobile为一家移动电话运营商，在西欧和美国运营GSM网络并通过金融手段参与东欧和东南亚的网络运营。）

The first device to run the search giant's operating system will feature a touch screen as well as a Qwerty keyboard.

这款手机首次采用搜索引擎巨头GOOGLE研发的操作系统，配有触摸屏和全键盘。

It will be available for free on T-Mobile tariffs of over £40 a month and includes unlimited net browsing.

在T-Mobile每月消费40英镑以上并开通无流量限制网络功能的用户即可申请得到这款手机。

Other features include a three megapixel camera, a 'one click' contextual search and a browser that users can zoom in on by tapping the screen.

这部手机还配有三百万像素的摄像头，一键文本搜索功能和可以点触屏幕即可放大缩小的浏览器。

The handset will be wi-fi and 3G enabled and has built-in support for YouTube.

手机具有无线保真技术和3G功能，并内置YouTube功能支持。

Users will also have access the so-called Android Market, where they will be able to download a variety of applications.

使用者还可以去“Android Market”上下载许多应用。

Prototype

原型 

Google announced its plans for the Android phone software in November 2007 with a declared aim of making it easier to get at the web while on the move.

GOOGLE公司去年11月公布Android手机软件计划，明确表示旨在使移动网络更加便捷。

To help develop Android, Google also unveiled the Open Handset Alliance - a partnership of more than 30 firms that would work to make phone software easier to work with.

为研发Android平台，GOOGLE公司成立了开放手机联盟，联合30多个成员公司共同研发更加容易出操作的手机软件。

The group includes operators such as Telefonica, handset makers such as HTC and Motorola as well as chip makers such as Intel and Qualcomm.

这些联盟成员包括Telefonica这样的运营商，包括HTC、摩托罗拉在内的手机生产商和英特尔、高通等芯片生产商。

Many of the partners demonstrated early prototype Android phones at the Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona in mid-February.

二月中旬在巴塞罗那举办的全球移动大会上，许多联盟公司展示了早期的Android手机原型。

The idea behind Android is to do for phone software what the open source Linux software has done for PCs. Developers of phone software can get at most of the core elements of the Android software to help them write better applications.

Android之于手机软件如同开源系统Linux之于电脑，手机软件开发商可以随意提取Android软件的核心元素，以便开发更好的应用。

Smartphones

智能手机

However, in launching Android, Google faces stiff competition from established players such as Nokia with its Symbian software and Microsoft with its Mobile operating system.

但是，发布Android，意味着GOOGLE公司将要面临来自已经占据稳固市场的诺基亚推出的塞班软件和微软的移动操作系统。

More recently Apple has been gaining customers with its much hyped iPhone.

近期，苹果公司也因流行产品iPhone而人气大增。

The Android software is squarely aimed at the smartphone segment of the handset market which adds sophisticated functions to the basic calling and texting capabilities of most phones.

Android软件意在攻取智能手机市场。智能手机的出现，为原本只能打电话和发短信的手机赋予了许多复杂的功能。

Current estimates suggest that only 12-13% of the all handsets can be considered smartphones.

据估计，目前市面上只有12%-13%的手机属于智能手机。

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