T-Mobile officially announced their G1 smartphone this morning, the first handset to use Google’s Android platform. The G1 featuring Google Android is here! From first looks, it certainly doesn’t disappoint - Android is amazing! First, the phone itself is really neat with the slide-out screen revealing a full QWERTY keyboard, a large, vivid touch screen, and simple soft keys and trackball for some wicked easy navigation.
G1 talktime is estimated at up to 350 minutes WCDMA or 406 minutes GSM; standby at 402hrs or 319hrs for WCDMA or GSM respectively. The battery, unlike that of the iPhone, is removable. However HTC have used their own mini-USB connection rather than giving a normal 3.5mm headphone socket, so you’ll need an adapter (apparently not supplied in the box as standard) if you want to use your own cans. Internal memory is a mere 256MB ROM and 192MB RAM: all storage is via microSD, with a 1GB card included and up to 8GB supported.
The T-Mobile G1 is $20 cheaper than the iPhone, at $180 for existing customers, and comes with two data plans: $25 a month (with unlimited Web access and limited text messaging) and $35 a month (with unlimited everything). It goes on sale October 22 at T-Mobile stores, but existing customers can begin pre-ordering on the Web already . So here are some features of Google phone.
- Wifi, HSDPA 1700 / 2100 plus quadband EDGE
- Support AAC, WMA and MP3 formats
- 3D graphics acceleration
- 1GB integrated storage plus microSD expansion
- 3-megapixel camera
- Webkit based browser similar to Chrome
- Android Market for on-device app purchases
- Amazon MP3 app for on-device music purchases
- Gmail support with full HTML client
- Bluetooth
- Google Maps with Street View with built in compass
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