Singapore's SingTel telecommunication began on Saturday selling the Google phone to local consumers, according to local media.
The Google phone, or the HTC Dream mobile, is the first gadget in Asia running on Google-based Android operating system, which integrates well with Google's online search, email and map applications, TV broadcaster Channelnewsasia said.
CEO of SingTel Mobile, Yuen Kuan Moon said the Google phone, with a full Qwerty-based keyboard, is opposed to going full touch immediately, and it serves a different segment of the market which the company does not want to ignore.
The Google phone, which must be bought with a two-year contract from SingTel, cost between 238 to 438 Singapore dollars (about 155to 286 U.S. dollars), depending on the subscription contract.
