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Android (HTC Dream / G1)iPhone 3G

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Starting price$199 with 2-year T-Mobile contract$199 with 2-year AT&T contract

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Data plans"Aggressively priced"Starting at $30/month

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StorageBased on microSD cards; Comes with 1 GB8GB or 16GB (at extra cost)

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ScreenTouchscreen, with sliding and tapping. Zoom buttons used to scale text and graphics."Dual touch," with sliding, tapping, two-finger scroll, pinch-and-spread scaling.

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Hardware528MHz Qualcomm 7201 CPU; 64MB RAMSamsung S5L8900 (412 MHz ARM 1176 processor with 3D graphics co-processor); 128MB RAM

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Weight / SizeWeight: 5.6 oz.; Height: 4.53 inches; Width: 2.17 inches; Depth: 0.64 inches;Weight: 4.7 oz. (3G model); Height: 4.5 inches; Width: 2.4 inches; Depth: 0.48 inches.

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KeyboardPhysical (though on-screen typing can be added)On-screen keys only.

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Camera3.1-megapixel, no flash/zoom.2.0-megapixel, no flash/zoom.

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BrowserWebKit-based; presumably similar to ChromeMobile Safari (also based on WebKit)

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Application platform(Mostly) open-source SDK based on Linux/Java; developers have access to background processes; (Planned) central Android store can be open (or, theoretically, locked down by carrier).Proprietary SDK built by Apple; No application can run in background; Apps available through iTunes, but must be approved by Apple staff.

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Java/FlashCustomized Java engine; Flash may be possibleNo Java or Flash; Apple has not announced plans to add.