T-Mobile G1 Google Phone
The basics
High speed 3G internet gets you online, surfing is even faster using the full touchscreen and trackball. It's got a full QWERTY keyboard makes it easy to write what you really want to say. The G1 comes with all your favourite Google services are already on board - search, IM, email and maps with GPS. Finally, it's the first phone with the Android Market so you can download the applications you want. Watch out, Apple!
The good
What? A Google product you have to pay for? This Android-powered handset is well worth raiding the online piggy bank for, delivering much of the grunt of the iPhone at a fraction of the cost. Web browsing is simply superb, even if the glorious three-inch capacitive touchscreen isn’t quite as finger-friendly as Apple’s. Threaded text messaging brings IM style to SMS, and synching with your Google Mail and Calendar is easier than falling off a particularly slippery log. The camera is better than the iPhone’s, too.
The bad
God bless HTC for believing in Android but curse it for saddling the G1 with a battery the size of a peanut – keep your charger handy at all times. Several components feel rushed: the GPS is especially power-hungry and Bluetooth doesn’t support stereo headset or modem linking. We love that the few worthwhile apps on the Android Market are free, but it’s no rival to Apple’s App Store just yet.
The bottom line
It’s early days for Android and while the G1 kicks the butt of many a Windows Mobile handset, Apple and Nokia smartphone users can feel justifiably smug, for a few more months at least.
User comments (4)
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daniel barber02 August 2009
great phone, the video streaming is great, i strongly believe that the android market will catch up to the apples app store, then over take it, my friend had an ipod touch and i have the g1. we have compared the markets and most of the apps are on both. the tilt system is very good, i would say as good as the iphone/ipod.If anybody is worrying about the chin the bends round, dont, its no problem, the typing is great. problems with the phone, the battery isnt as bad as they make out, as there are apps which can control your battery use, called power manager. there is a slight creek with the phone and a massive gap in between the keyboard and the screen.sound quality is fairly good, but not very loud. best part of this phone is video streaming.!! well worth buyin. if the iphone isnt avaliable to you. :)
Report as inappropriatejackyboy1217 November 2009
have had it but i got the iphone 3g which is well better
Report as inappropriate-Luke-08 July 2010
I used to have it and it was a very good phone, although a little slow at times (I suspect that many apps in the android market are designed for faster processors). The keyboard is really easy to use also.
Report as inappropriateLeedroid401 May 2011
I had a g1 or shud i say a few!! Not very gud at all after only a few days it kept on freezing trackball would stick and stop rolling either up or dwn and this problem was the same on all my g1's i had 3 and i gave up when i recieved my last g1 and after a month the slide round screen joints decided to unattatch when sliding up to use qwerty keypad and to be fair t-mobile had no problems with exchanging all the g1's and letting me choose another phone of my choice at the same contract price as they could see i had problems from day1! Playstation3 and samsung tocco lite happy days lol!
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