The Android –based mobile phone from Google is now here and it can be purchased for only $179. With its price and feature, many are now saying that the mobile phone will definitely give a very strong competition to the iPhone from Apple Inc. After the debut of the iPhone, Google’s phone became one of the much awaited phones for this year.

Reporters and analysts will get the chance to see and experience the mobile device in Manhattan soon. The mobile software of Google’s Android is expected to be on the market later this fall. The features of the operating system of Android were shown by the company using

The HTC, a company based in Taiwan, is the developer of the Google phone. It also has a touch-screen feature like that of the iPhone’s. Aside from the touch-screen capability, the tough competition is also expected between the iPhone and Google phone because the latter will be sold for only $199.

The Google phone is actually the first handset device released by the company and they said that they have plenty more in their list. Analysts and gadget freaks would definitely watch out for this device. Are the days of the iPhone coming to an end?