G1 and BlackBerry Bold get the Colorware treatment, finally feel at home with your bippies and lightsticks

As you probably learned in grammar school, there's a time in every gadget's life when it gets the Colorware treatment -- and for the G1 and the Bold, the time is now. It'll run you $150 to dress up your current T-Mobile handset, or the company will ship you a brand new one $725. Prices for the BlackBerry Bold run $139 and $674 for the makeover and the whole phone, respectively. Sure, that's a pretty pile of change, but if you'd spent your formative years in the East Coast rave scene you'd know just how coveted and stylish a pink, blue and orange G1 really is. If the BlackBerry is more your speed, make sure you check out that sexy number after the break.

[Thanks, Ken]

[Boarderwoot @ Nov 25th 2008 2:05PM]

I-L-L

[liam @ Nov 25th 2008 3:02PM]

I N I!

[Samboini @ Nov 25th 2008 5:31PM]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_FTk8IQIpbo&feature=related

[Cardbored @ Nov 25th 2008 2:07PM]

That G1 is hideous

[Raptor @ Nov 25th 2008 2:09PM]

And the Pink bold isnt?

[bob sakamano @ Nov 25th 2008 2:30PM]

the G-1 is really bad.. the Bold isn't that bad for a girl

[Frankenstein Black @ Nov 25th 2008 5:14PM]

WoW! Nice move Engadget. I see what you did there. You went to the colorware website and created the most hideous color combo and then posted it. Yea, nice one. So how’s the view from inside JobO the Hutts butt? Just sayin...

PS You can't fools us. True tech heads will go to colorwarepc to check the color combos for themselves, some of which are hot, hot, hot...

[absurdio @ Nov 25th 2008 6:46PM]

Dear Frankenstein,

1) I just went to the Colorware site, and the first image on display there is a yellow, pink, and blue G1. It's not identical to engadget's pic, but it's almost exactly as hideous. Anyway, your argument that engadget is trying to make the G1, colorware, or both look bad fails pretty seriously.

2) Whose butt? I'd assume that was a Steve Jobs allusion, but Steve Jobs has nothing to do with this. Also, colorware will sell you all kinds of hideously colored iPhone, if you prefer. A related question would be: What the hell are you talking about?

3) True tech heads? Yeah, man. Fuck them poser tech heads that decline to spend as much on the paint for their gadgets as they spend on the gadgets, themselves. Go get 'em, kid.

4) As far as I can tell, you're some combination of the following things: confused, a troll, and/or dumb as rocks.

Love, absurdio.

[Ayman @ Nov 25th 2008 11:08PM]

(Hurl)

[Rammer @ Nov 25th 2008 2:07PM]

The word fugly comes to mind.

[FOREX @ Nov 25th 2008 2:51PM]

Professionaly fugly

[Jash Sayani @ Nov 26th 2008 7:01AM]

Change the post's title to "The Ugly get Uglyer !!"

The G1 looked pathetic before and now is seriously worst !! My 20 year old Ericsson looked much better.....

[ran @ Nov 25th 2008 2:09PM]

When I refreshed the page, I thought my video card just died.

[Mic2000 @ Nov 25th 2008 3:43PM]

No, the designers just switched back to VGA colors

[IHateM1chigan @ Nov 25th 2008 2:09PM]

As if the G1 didnt look enough like a toy...

[Konstantin @ Nov 25th 2008 2:11PM]

Its one of those horrible things when you just can't look away. What a perfect gift for my color blind friend.

[Temo @ Nov 25th 2008 2:13PM]

A good Neon Green might be good looking for the G1?

[DBrim @ Nov 25th 2008 4:06PM]

Please don't ever go into product design.

[Tëëth @ Nov 25th 2008 5:32PM]

NO! please do, dont listen to him. hes one of those walking billboards ~

[404 @ Nov 25th 2008 2:16PM]

Dammit Apple! Now when I see bright almost-fluorescent colours with black it makes me think of your ads!

I know a few people that'd appreciate the pale pink model though.

[Teeth @ Nov 25th 2008 2:17PM]

OMG THAT BLUE AND ORANGE ONE IS SEX

i want a lime green and orange one that would be amazing

not all people are boring and like black/silver ect..

you people are BORING!

[rTwelve xbl:Chilblane @ Nov 25th 2008 2:20PM]

haha i like this guy

do you do events?

[ArcticFox @ Nov 25th 2008 2:24PM]

No we just have taste.

[Teeth @ Nov 25th 2008 2:36PM]

Different strokes 4 Different folks

(but i still think your boring)

[Teeth @ Nov 25th 2008 3:32PM]

well that was rude....

[Chris Are @ Nov 25th 2008 2:20PM]

The faint pink one isn't terrible, but the top ones look like they were made by Fisher Price.

[Samboini @ Nov 25th 2008 5:29PM]

Excellent, the perfect contraption for luring my victims.

[Chris Are @ Nov 25th 2008 6:48PM]

That's a creepy thing to say...

[fistpittingnork @ Nov 25th 2008 2:25PM]

Them good ole boys would be safe deer huntin with that there G1.

As long as they were texting out the lulz and such.

[krizoitz @ Nov 25th 2008 2:26PM]

Um, yeah, the eighties called, they want their colors back...

[John H. @ Nov 25th 2008 2:29PM]

Um, yeah, now called, styles come back...

[fistpittingnork @ Nov 25th 2008 2:38PM]

Well the Jerk Store called...

[Andad @ Nov 25th 2008 3:29PM]

The 90's called they want their insult back...

[drumdbeat @ Nov 25th 2008 3:37PM]

My mom called... Teas ready.

[Dagreenman18 @ Nov 25th 2008 4:07PM]

im disconnecting all your phones.

[Mile @ Nov 25th 2008 8:24PM]

Stop it right now, or I will turn this thread around!

[Bobs @ Nov 26th 2008 1:00AM]

Anybody want a peanut?

[sunny @ Nov 25th 2008 2:29PM]

Lol I actually think the pink Bold is pretty nice (at least when compared to the G1).

I've seen someone with a pink Curve encased in a white transparent skin before. The resulting effect looks really nice - similar to the pink Bold above.

[Andrew @ Nov 25th 2008 2:29PM]

I'm liking the UF themed G1. GO GATORS!

[BT @ Nov 25th 2008 2:30PM]

I agree with the comment above... first thought that came to mind was FUGLY!!! the G1 itself is fugly and these color just takes it over the top and makes it a joke.

[Eddie @ Nov 25th 2008 2:36PM]

The Colorware Bold has been available for months.

Colorware does a fantastic job. I have two Colorware iPhones, and I highly recommend their services.

[Jesus Valadez @ Nov 25th 2008 2:50PM]

Can you skip getting the back painted? I just want the front and home button to be a different color...

[Patriks7 @ Nov 25th 2008 2:37PM]

Wow.. that's all I can say when I saw those two phones..

[mos @ Nov 25th 2008 2:39PM]

G4TV's pimp my phone edition...

[holycow @ Nov 25th 2008 2:53PM]

wow Colorware is expensive!

[worldestroyer @ Nov 25th 2008 2:58PM]

Why does everyone bash the HTC Dream? The G1 is an awesome phone, and it's looks are rather neutral. Just because something doesn't look as shiny as the iPhone doesn't mean it's ugly.

[Fred @ Nov 25th 2008 3:08PM]

The G-1 is fine, but it's fugly with those colors. Calm down.

[mos @ Nov 25th 2008 3:10PM]

Why are you jumping ship from HTC Dream to iPhone?
Just because the phone does not look shiny like an iPhone, but it has potential for Android and unimaginable creativity does not make it less appealing than one without "copy and paste."

[Gnormie @ Nov 25th 2008 3:11PM]

I actually quite like it, OK not those horribly garish combinations! But the site has some nice options that could really improve upon the bog standard colours of the G1 (I have a thing for green)

[TareX @ Nov 25th 2008 3:54PM]

Horrible colors to go with the ugly phone. It's a match made in hell.

The more I see the G1, the more I believe THIS G2 HD won't ever come to life:
http://www.talkandroid.com/android-forums/android-hardware/341-t-mobile-g2-phone.html