T-Mobile G1 manual leaks out
By Chris Ziegler 
posted September 25th 2008 6:32PM
posted September 25th 2008 6:32PM
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posted September 25th 2008 6:32PM
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Nobody reads it anyways.
Initial step
1. Take your G1 to T-Mobile Store
Final step
2. Replace it with a better phone.
Any finger tips?
Yeh, we have opposable thumbs too.
don't care, still keeping my iphone!
IM WITH TOMMY, THE G1 SEEMS PRETTY COOL BUT I QUITE PREFER THAT APPLE IS RIDICULOUS WITH THERE APP DENIAL PROCESS.... HAVE FUN WHEN YOUR G1'S BRICK AND BLOW UP FROM SOME BS APPS
Well, personally, i dont think i will download any app with less than a 3 star rating. Pretty sure that will cover me for the most part.
:( sucks that I need to wait until October to order this thing.
A bricked G1 is still better than a bricked iPhone.
What I THINK Switchbitch meant was that a bricked G1 is better than an iPhone.
Period.
Come on, we don't need microsoft, apple or linus or whomever to approve all our apps on our PC's, why should we need such a system on our phones? You think such a system would've been good for the computer industry?
Page 20: "Separate charges may apply to send/receive domestic/international e-mail, text, and instant messages."
Does that mean e-mail and Gtalk messages count towards the 400 text messages on the $25 data plan? I know AOL IM is billed as text messaging on my current phone, but I never use it. I use Gtalk a lot, so that could be a pain, and getting charged per email would be outrageous. This will be my first smart phone, is this sort of thing standard or am I interpreting this the wrong way?
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Google mispelled "Goggle"..... skipped the spell check because it's actually a word.
Everything about this phone seems rushed in more and more.
Actually google talk is unlimited even on the 400 SMS plan - google talk uses data (GPRS / 3G) vs the rest (AOL/AIM, MSN, Yahoo) which use SMS's
I'm actually tempted to get one of these as an upgrade to my sidekick when its time for my contract renewal. The G-Store is what's going to make or break this device for me so I hope it works out well.
Time will tell I suppose.
of course, what it should be called is the g-spot.
Hmm.
The G1 looks significantly better in that pic.
Seeing that bit of angle on the bottom portion makes it look quite decent.
Oilers blow! Go Flames Go!
:-)
Not to get to far off topic.... but The Ducks will win it all again. :)
dude you all suck go red wings!!!
but back to topic, i was holding off on buying a new phone for the G1...now im not so sure if i should have waited
also, what would be best for a person with a budget? iPhone or Instinct?
no fanbois or trolls please. really. maybe its wishful thinking, but gotta give me credit for trying
The caring for your phone is my favorite page!
It has Cut & Paste among other basic features.
Puts the iPhone to shame with its very basic features
Don't forget about the user-replaceable battery.That's a key feature for me.
I'm curious... Now that a "Production" device is now so tightly integrated with the GMail service (you'll note in the manual the the initial wizard guides you through signing in with a gmail account or creating one if you don't already have one), when is Google going to move GMail from Beta to Production?
The enterprise version of Gmail in their apps for your domain suite is not in beta. The standalone @gmail service will be in beta as long as they keep adding new features and inviting you to add stuff from the "lab" in your settings page. You can choose to turn on a few of the new features from @gmail if you want to in the enterprise version but not all of them.
I love that UI and I cant wait to see what new themes are gonna come out for it. I bet its pretty flexible to make themes for this thing. Im getting really tempted to buy this thing but I have my heart set on the N85.
Which UI are you talking about? It seems the UI significantly changes from program to program. That does not make for a good UI.
I'd say wait and skip Nokia. I'm a hardcore Nokia fan (have N95-US, before that N95-Euro, then N80, then 6680, then 3650) so you see a pattern here. What makes me mad about Nokia now is the fact that the new devices they announced in the past month - not a single one supports T-Mobile frequency and they had their chance. So for now I'm sort of parting my ways with N95 - I'll keep it and use it from time to time but I want to ride the 3G wave so until Nokia acknowledges the existence of AWS frequencies, I'm not going to spend a dime on their smart phones - and I'm saying this with a tear in my eye.
G1 looks good in the manual, surprisingly.
Still it's a letdown... Won't rush into buying it till I see a glimpse of what Samsung is up to. We should expect a leak before Christmas.
fucking troll
?
It was in reply to a wild troll's comment that, thankfully, got deleted.
I don't think the G1 is fishing from the same pool of consumers as the iPhone. There's definitely some overlap, but I think the people this is most going to appeal to is the people who avoided the iPhone from the start. With the iPhone you get absolutely top notch UI and industrial design, as well as a very capable music player. You don't get these things with the G1 (not that I'm knocking the design of the G1, it's just not iPhone sexy), but you do get that awesome open-ness.
Maybe I'm wrong, maybe there are a significant portion of the market who settled for an iPhone, and will be delighted to switch to the G1, but in my opinion this and other Android phones will be stealing customers from companies other than Apple.
They might not be in the same pool, but some fanboys sure are trying to piss across the pond and ruin everyone else's time.
You're right... Apple was targeting the "dumb" users who are like a sheep...followers dazed by the bling bling factor of the device yet crippled functionality. Android is targeting the individual subscriber - it's all about making the device truly YOUR OWN. If someone knows how to write a code for the Android, there will not be an identical device on earth. That's also the reason why I love Symbian - very open and not restricted (if the phone is not crippled with some carrier specific firmware)
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"Do not attempt to operate your phone charger if it has... thrown from a speeding motorcycle... doing so may damage your phone."
LMAO!!!! no wonder it won't turn on
That's great about the motorcycle. My guess is that someone working on the project must have actually dropped his charger while riding a motorcycle and they threw that in there to make fun of him.
This phone looks f***ing awful!
I really want there to be a phone that can solidly compete with the iPhone, but this just is not it.
It looks terrible. It is fairly chunky compared to the iPhone. You can only sync your info using Google services. Plus, the overall build quality does not look that great from what I have seen online.
I have not come anywhere near to handling it myself, so I could be totally wrong, but thus far I am not very stoked on the G1.
You sir have to be the biggest tool ever how can you compare a phone with a keyboard to a phone without one when speaking of thickness i mean seriously can you be that slow and by the way many 3g iphone users have cracks on there phone from not even dropping it so if you want to come in here and talk bout the build think bout the actual build of the phone you are comparing it 2.
And by the way i have a first gen iphone so i am not a iphone hater and will be getting a g1
"You can only sync your info using Google services."
Oh.
You mean kinda like the iPhone with iTunes?
Stop bitching about Google only using their own stuff when you're blind to everything that Apple screws up.
You sir, need to have sex with a woman and you also need to learn how use punctuation.
Chill out.
Its not like I insulted your mom or something.
Also, there is NO way that I am blind to Apples mistakes.
In fact, I am a Windows guys at heart.
My personal opinion of Apple is that they are a bunch of elitists, but I can actually look past my personal opinions of Apple to see when they have a good product and not jump to the first half-ass "iPhone" killer before it is even released to the public.
Grow up an learn that there other opinions in the world other than yours.
Is there visual voicement is what I want to know. This alone makes iPhone better as a phone and is what I'm considering moving to. Right now I'm a t-mobile windows mobile user and it sucks eating up 90% of my airtime cycling through messages one at a time to get to the one I want.
Just preordered this puppy. Good bye Curve. For those wondering, the retail price (for those not available for an upgrade) is $299. Still cheaper than gen1 iphone.
Can't wait for Oct. 22!
In a totally unrelated pondering, why is there a dire need to make up euphemisms for "touching" or "holding" gadgets? I mean, I have seen "grubby paws", "unwashed hands"...Frankly, I find these phrase usages very puerile and amateur. Perhaps, you could just stick to the point and leave the attempted humor.
I'm sorry, you must be in the wrong place. The New York Times is that way ->
OGG support FTW!
When people are thankful for a user-replaceable battery, you know something's wrong.
Haha... At least they have a sense of humor...
"Water will damage your phone and accessories - even a small amount of water such as droplets from a soda in your car cup-holder, melting snowflakes, tears of joy, squirt-gun crossfire or steam from hot water in the kitchen or bathroom."
I have an HTC Wing that I left in my pants pocket and ran through the wash, including the rinse and spin. I didn't realize what I had done till the next morning when I put the load in the dryer, so the phone was soaked overnight...
After some carefull drying the phone works just fine, everything including all the buttons and keys, the camera, the card slot and the volume slider still work just fine.
YMMV