Posts filed under T-Mobile G1

If you’ve got a T-Mobile G1, the first ever Android phone, you might be a bit envious fo all the new Android wizzardry crammed into Android 2.1 phones such as the Google Nexus One and Motorola Milestone.

The G1 only supports Android 1.6, and although T-Mobile are in the process of updating this with a minor tweak, it is just that – minor!

But wait, what’s this? Android 2.1 running on a G1? Must be one of those dodgy ports, right?

Well yes, obviously, but here’s the thing – Android 2.1 is so optimized, adn the code so much more efficient than the older 1.6 version, that it actually runs much faster than 1.6, and faster, even, than the original Android 1.0.

So should you try and install Android 2.1 on your G1? Read on to see…

Here it is at last – my hands-on T-Mobile G1 review! I’ve had a Nokia E90 smartphone for the past 18 months, but was forced to replace it when it started to go slightly haywire! So after much thinking, I decided to go for the T-Mobile G1, the first Google Android phone on the market. And I’m so glad I did! To say it’s completely changed the way I use my mobile phone, the Web, and even the time in my day is an understatement!

Just like the iPhone, the G1 is a disruptive technology that’ll further transform the mobile phone market.

Read the full T-Mobile G1 review after the jump to see why.

Here it is, the video you’ve all been waiting for: the T-Mobile G1 unboxing!

OK, so you’ve probably not been waiting for it exactly, but it should tide you over until the full review next week.

With the T-Mobile G1 Android phone just days away from launch (22nd October in the US, 30th October in the UK), opinions are already been expressed among the blogosphere.

Overall reviews seem to be favourable, particularly given the G1 is the first of the first generation of Android phones, but there are two key weaknesses that might effectively limit the G1’s appeal: lack of video features, and, ironically, over-reliance on Google.

So should you buy a T-Mobile G1? Read on after the jump…

The new T-Mobile G1 Android smartphone hasn’t even been released yet, but already the user manual has been found on the Web! You can download it here to check it out for yourself. Gizmodo have already had a gander at it and published 40-odd photos taken from the manual. They complain that it seems a bit complicated, but having waded through my Nokia E90’s manual, it’s a cakewalk in comparison!

[Source: Gizmodo]

At last, the world’s first Google Android phone, the T-Mobile G1, is finally here! The blogosphere is far more upbeat about the G1 than it expected to be, and personally, I think it’s fantastic!

I know exactly what I want from a smartphone, having had a Nokia E90 for the past year and having tested several Windows Mobile devices, and the G1 seems to have got everything right.

So without further ado, let’s see what exactly the T-Mobile G1 brings to the smartphone world.

Here at last are leaked pictures of the world’s first Google Android phone, the T-Mobile G1. Actually, it’s an HTC Dream rebadged as the G1, but T-Mobile will be the network offering it first, so the G1 it is.

Being a smartphone, it could either be pure touchscreen, like the iPhone, or come complete with a physical keyboard like the majority of Windows Mobile and Symbian S60 smartphones. Thankfully, it chose the latter, and has a slide out keyboard that will be familiar to many users of other HTC devices.

Better still, the keyboard isn’t just a full QWERTY keyboard, it’s also got dedicated number keys as well as two ALT buttons for selecting the punctuation symbols that are doubled up on some character keys. As I found out with my MWg Zinc II review, you need two ALT buttons, as just having one leaves you trying to do finger contortions that nobody over the age of 14 can manage!

More details and pics after the jump