T-Mobile has backtracked from imposing a 1GB monthly data cap
on its new
Google Android device.
The device was launched for the US market earlier this week and
will be available to users from next month.
But the 1GB data cap had drawn criticism, not least among
potential buyers.
In a statement, T-Mobile said, "We removed the 1GB soft limit
from our policy statement, and we are confident that T-Mobile G1
customers will enjoy the high speed of data access over our 3G
network.
"The specific terms for our new data plans are still being
reviewed and once they are final we will be certain to share this
broadly with current customers and potential new customers."
But, T-Mobile added, "At the same time, we have a responsibility
to provide the best network experience for all of our customers, so
we reserve the right to temporarily reduce data throughput for a
small fraction of our customers who have excessive or
disproportionate usage that interferes with our network performance
or our ability to provide quality service to all of our
customers."
T-Mobile, therefore, might reduce the access speeds of some
customers it deems to be downloading too much.
In advance of the first Google Android device coming onto the
market, Google has just launched the first
Android software development kit.
SDK version 1 will encourage developers to build new apps around
the
Android operating system.