T-Mobile G1 spotted in the wild
By Darren Murph 
posted September 30th 2008 9:38PM
posted September 30th 2008 9:38PM
posted September 30th 2008 9:38PM
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By nopy42 at 2008-10-01
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i'm with vzw and absolutely hate the phone selection.. sometime next month i'm switching, but not sure where yet.. at&t has a bigger 3g network than t-mobile, but their plans are ridiculous, you're spending at least a $100 bucks a month... and i'm not so sure how reliable t-mo's service is..
wish i could stay on vzw, but their inaction to develop better phones is getting old..
what do you guys think? i live in philly, but travel frequently..
If you want 3G while you're travelling, then T-Mobile isn't for you. But then, you already knew that. T-Mobile's voice service isn't exactly the best, either. It will work in most places, but I usually lose signal inside big department stores. When I visit my folk's house in Toledo I don't even get an Edge connection (the little "E" changes to a "G"). Data still comes in, but it is ridiculously slow.
Argh! I'll try again.
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I HATE YOU COMMENT SYSTEM!! That was for James' trollish comment
That's a letdown. Linky doesn't work.
I've used a G1 - a friend at Google has one and let me play with it for a few minutes.
Looks a lot better in real life than in pictures.
Very light, and not so fat. The Black is way better looking than the white.
Screen is nicely responsive and menus are attractive - obviously no match for the iphone, but nice nonetheless.
the flip out screen to reveal the keyboard makes it look a lot like the Sidekick, which is a downgrade, imho.
Guys, I had the chance to have to have a closer look on G1.
I must say I was disappointed. I like the idea of having an open platform.
But for the first go i am out.
HTC maked handsets for ages BUT the G1 keyboard is a mess compared to BB Bold, Nokia E71 or Moto Q9.
The flip out is a gimick like the sidekick. The trackball is very sensitiv and a little bit smaler than the BB ones.
The 4 front bottons missed a solid klick. The overall quality is fine but still it is a little bit to heavy. The best part is the display which is brilliant. I also missed the 3,5 mm jack - and there are good reasons to have one.
The musicplayer is a mess and far away from the usability you get with the iPhone.
The contact list has still room for improvement - compared to WM or even the iPhone typing a address is quite compilcated. AND there is no link to your calender. So a birhtday is never linked with your data. Both apps are backed up with the google web apps which is fine I am shure you will sync your data via web and the download all of it. BUT i personally don't want that Google is scanning my emails and appointments. That is the reason why G1 is not a business phone. As a pro you want your company accont in your palm. Maybe it is on the developer side to come up with a nice application here. I also tried to send a vCard from my Moto Q9 via Bluetooth - Error ! that service is not available. Come on guys that is a damn standard feature.
Every OS has it's own way - so does Android. But if you have seen a couple of mobile OS you will make your way.
I liked the 3 desktops, oe.g. for email and internet, one for fun apps and music and the main desktop for the phone itself. So watch out for more nice widgets for this phone
The Android Market is one of the killing feature and I am shure that a lot of developers will join.