Comments on: T-Mobile G1 / Android bits you may not have caught

By: colette

colette — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:57:02 +0000

how do you delete apps you dont want that you downloaded

By: shemika

shemika — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:35:06 +0000

This is great as for iphone it a little better but who wants to pay when you drop it or uy child throws it well I don’t i’d rather have a iphone but I can’t bare the pain of havein to put up500 or more again I mean its just a phone guy answer the phone send a text message e mail somebody butt don’t make things harder than it has to be.

By: shay

shay — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:42:48 +0000

I downloaded a bunch of applications and games from the market thing. And some of them I really don’t need. How do I delete them?

By: Rao

Rao — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:15:09 +0000

How can I delete or remove Amazon application from my G1 Phone ?

By: Jericho

Jericho — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:07:20 +0000

I think the G1 will appeal more to geeks than the general consumer, at least in this iteration. Personally, I’m looking forward to an Android ROM dump to load on my Tilt. There’s a huge HTC user/dev community dedicated to tweaking the platform to the max. Going open source just expands the possibilities. If an Android ROM can be ported, the forthcoming HTC TouchHD looks promising (the specs include 3.5mm headphone jack). Ryan, I’d be curious to see how the 3G performance of the G1 is, if you switched SIM cards with another carrier, say AT&T.

By: Goobi

Goobi — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:52:45 +0000

Google has definitely forgotten the desktop software side of the whole thing. The iPhone + iTunes makes the package appealing, and google is not doing that. This will result in the Android being a (maybe, just maybe) a good platform for geeks (linuxy guys mainly), but for the consumer, the iPhone is THE device. Hands down.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:23:39 +0000

I too have read/heard nothing about how one can transfer files (music, photos) to the G1. Does the USB connection allow for data transfer?

By: A Couple More Tidbits on Android & T-Mobile G1 | Android Central

A Couple More Tidbits on Android & T-Mobile G1 | Android Central — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:04:37 +0000

[...] we may have missed a couple of good nuggets about the T-Mobile G1 and Android in general. Luckily, Ryan Block has filled us in with a couple of good ones. Namely, the T-Mobile G1 will support microSDHC meaning there is no cap [...]

By: Clintus

Clintus — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:26:29 +0000

I want to know your final opinon. Would you own this phone? Would you own it over a first gen iPhone? HTC has another phone coming out called the Touch which is a windows mobile based phone that looks promising. I’m curious how it will stack up against this one.

By: Twelve Questions I Still Have About the T-Mobile G1 and Android | Technologizer

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:17:36 +0000

[...] 7. What’s with the headphone jack? I can’t fathom how anyone could release a smartphone in 2008 that won’t work with standard headphones, no adapter required. (Then again, I was startled when Apple released the first-generation iPhone a year ago with the same issue.) Headphone jack standardization doesn’t seem to be a high priority with HTC: They made my AT&T Tilt, which, while a fine phone in multiple ways, sports a bizarre USB headphone jack. (Update: According to Ryan Block, the G1 has the same oddball jack.) [...]

By: Logomachy » Blog Archive » T-Mobile G1

Logomachy » Blog Archive » T-Mobile G1 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:16:28 +0000

[...] I want this phone. [...]

By: Leo G

Leo G — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:41:44 +0000

Few things I like to point out about the G1:

Pros:

- Open source finally means no more carrier cockblocking as much as people are used to (I’m looking at you Verizon) in that apps department.

- Google integration should be awesome because your probably guaranteed a genuine amount of innovation from them.

Cons:

- No headphone jack. (In this day and age it should be on everything included your kitchen sink but especially a phone with multimedia capabilities.

- T-Mobile (Barely any bars where I live or work so not appealing but can be redeemed when att or verizon picks it up, ideally att in NYC.

- Open Source rules but it’s going to be a pain to have to manage and identify all the apps that would eventually be part of this store.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:21:24 +0000

What I’m gonna love, is when official HTC/Carrier Android ROMs start leaking just like good old WM ones do, and the hacking community tweak it to their desire (e.g. removing/disabling any unwanted google sync services).

I still use a Hermes but I don’t think it’ll be long before drivers for all its chips come to fruition. There’s a lotta linux geeks out there, so fingers crossed.

By: Noah Mittman

Noah Mittman — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:43:30 +0000

“T-Mobile claims G1s will be SIM-locked (no surprise). But hey, the software platform is completely open source; I can’t wait to see how they think they’ll protect against that.”

So what if it’s open, so are cryptography systems. :)

Still, that’s the saying about locks, isn’t it: how they exist to keep honest people honest?

By: Titanas

Titanas — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:26:45 +0000

From the press release they claim Music At Your Fingertips: “The T-Mobile G1 comes pre-loaded with a new application developed by Amazon.com that gives customers easy access to Amazon MP3, Amazon.com’s digital music download store with more than 6 million DRM-free MP3 tracks. Using the new application, T-Mobile G1 customers are able to search, sample, purchase, and download music from Amazon MP3 directly to their device (downloading music from Amazon MP3 using the T-Mobile G1 requires a Wi-Fi connection; searching, sampling, and purchasing music can be done anywhere with a cellular connection).
The T-Mobile G1 will be the first device with the Amazon MP3 mobile application pre-loaded.”

Download over WiFi only, searching, sampling, and purchasing even over EDGE.

As for the lock, i’d assume there is a hardware thing going on.

IHMO the 3.5mm it’s HTC stubbornness for agesnow, much like Sony’s memery stick.

By: Ronny I

Ronny I — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:24:24 +0000

I’d like to hear more about the apps - I think that’s where this would / could shine. Not impressed by the hardware at all.
Maybe a Sony/ nokia running this OS is really where we’ll see something geared for the mainstream folks.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:10:31 +0000

I’m underwhelmed by this. I’m not going to pass final judgement until I actually use one (which probably won’t be for a while seeing as how I live in Canada), but it seems disappointing. The 1.0 iPhone was way more intriguing than the 1.0 Gphone.

On that note, I had just gotten over being smitten with the iPhone and decided I can live without one. I was hoping Android was going to be my saviour, but it’s just disappointing. It looks clunky and cheap. The interface drags compared to the iPhone and looks far less intuitive. Also, no 3.5mm jack? No hard-line syncing? What a joke. Yay for expandability, but microSD is such a pain. Would it have been so difficult to put in a full-sized SDHC port?

Again, won’t completely pass judgement until I can use one, but I think the G1 is a pretty big letdown. The concept is great, the execution is mediocre. It’ll be interesting to see what second gen Gphones bring to the table.

By: Ryan Block

Ryan Block — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:51:14 +0000

“Dual-band” traditionally refers to the two bands needed to operate the phones on European and Asian 3G networks. The bands it has now will only work in Europe and T-Mobile’s new US network. There will have to be a second version of the phone to work elsewhere.

By: Vance

Vance — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:48:50 +0000

Ryan, would there by any benefit to an Android-based tablet over the Touch? I am intrigued by the idea of getting all the Google, open-source, goodness without the phone itself.

By: Timo

Timo — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:40:11 +0000

T-Mobile guy said that it already is 2band 3G, 4 band GSM.