Looking ahead

Looking Ahead: News to watch in the weeks to come | The Editors

The G1 phone launches

October 22: Google's assault on the iPhone begins today when the T-Mobile G1 hit stores with a sticker price of $179 and with a two-year T-Mobile contract. The search engine company designed Android, the new Linux-based software, as a way to enter the cell phone market to compete against the trendy tech giant Apple. Eventually, Google wants to make the Android mobile platform standard on dozens of phones.

World Series begins

October 22: Baseball's best-of-seven World Series opens, but the three teams with the most expensive rosters will be sitting home and watching the action on Fox (see p. 73). The American League champion (either the Boston Red Sox or the Tampa Bay Rays) will square off against the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies.