DISQUS

Mobile Industry Review: MIR Show - Week 44 - T-Mobile UK G1 Android launch

  • Ricky Chotai · 1 year ago
    Android looks awesome, really good if James is convinced ..,. All we need now is a decent handset.
  • Kip Hakes · 1 year ago
    Do we not get outtakes anymore? :(

    Or is James 'I'm not gay' Whatley just too professional to make mistakes? ;)

    K
  • phoneboy · 1 year ago
    Mr. Whatley, you are such a traitor! I don't know who you are anymore! ;)

    Seriously, though, I hope my cohorts at Nokia are taking notes. We could learn a couple of things from the experience.
  • James Whatley · 1 year ago
    Dude, first impressions only...

    ...I'm halfway into my review for Wednesday/
  • ocifant · 1 year ago
    Some questions for your review:
    Camera performance (wot, no video??)
    Camera integration with GPS, Picasa etc - how easy is it to get photos off the camera and onto PC, and are they Geo-tagged automatically?
    Google Earth?
    Multiple IM clients/accounts.
    Integration with Google Docs.
    Email integration other than Gmail (Yahoo, Hotmail, Pop3 etc)

    Looking forward to your findings James!
  • Mac Morrison · 1 year ago
    my quick snapshot review...

    awesome OS
    very average hardware.

    but at least the hardware keeps up and theres no swipe....wait...wait....wait
    like on htc win mo devices.
  • Ben Smith · 1 year ago
    "awesome OS
    very average hardware."

    Spot on.
  • acurrie · 1 year ago
    Pretty impressive!

    Anybody know if purchased apps are backed up somewhere, in case the user were to lose or update their handset?
  • Ross Derrick · 1 year ago
    I had a play on a G1 today at my local T-Mobile shop.

    Very impressed with the device. Really nice screen, nice web browsing experience. Unfortunatley T Mobile have blocked a lot of content, in store, so I could not test you tube through the dedicated app or through the website.

    Also tested google maps. Works nice and fast.

    I didn't like the keyboard much though. But i'm sure you would get used to it.

    I'm so tempted to get one as I use google's services so much (gmail, reader, calendar) I think I will wait to see what whatley makes of it!

    Look forward to reading your review on wednesday James.



    Ross
  • James Whatley · 1 year ago
    Yeah... Me too. Should best get writing it really... ;)
  • Ross Derrick · 1 year ago
    Did you type that on your G1. If not please try it :)
  • Ross Derrick · 1 year ago
    James can you test something for me please?

    Can you see if you can hear radio 2 on the device while taking a shower. As I do normally shower with wogan in the morning :S (is it loud and clear enough? :D)

    I don't know if the browser will be able to play direct from website or if you need a real player link like on the n95.

    rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/radio2/live/r2_dsat_g2.ra


    Thanks!
  • hello N96 · 1 year ago
    mobile phones and steamy showers - not a good combination!
    mind you terry wogan may be more offensive?

    have you tried calling andrew sachs from the shower?

    :)
  • jamesbody · 1 year ago
    Android - it's all about openess - EXCLUSIVE to T-Mobile!

    Whilst the Apple iPhone stirred the handset market up with FUNCTIONALITY, I suspect that the area in which Android handsets will score highly will be in VALUE FOR MONEY. We are going to see lots and lots of Android phones coming on to the market over the next 6 months; some will be rubbish, some will be good, but inevitably hey will cost far less than the iPhone (and the T-Mobile G1!)

    Roll on the arrival of truckloads of cheap and cheerful Android handsets from the Peoples Republic of somewhere Far Eastern!
  • Ben Smith · 1 year ago
    That's a bit of a low shot... Android is open. The T-Mobile G1 is SIM locked as it's subsidised (the rights and wrongs of that are not Android or T-mobile specific) but the HTC version isn't and will be available soon.