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Anyone thinking about ditching their iPhone for a G1?
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It does have Wi-Fi.
Its with T-Mobile like the iPhone is only with AT&T, and it will be unlocked anyway.
No desktop sync? Who says a developer wont make one?
Well I JUST left tmobile for AT&T and unless this G1 can do something amazingly awesome I'm not going back.
I have a 1st gen iPhone and one of the reasons I haven't upgraded to the 3G yet is because I wanted to see what the Android phones would be like. After seeing this, I'm not impressed and am now thinking of biting the bullet and upgrading.
Why do all the iPhone clones have to have the silly slide out keyboard? I know some people prefer it, but it seems awkward to me to have to slide out the keyboard every time you want to type something. I've gotten used to the onscreen keyboard and now prefer it to a physical keyboard. And why the heck does the G1 need a trackball and a touch screen?
Why do all the iPhone clones have to have the silly slide out keyboard? I know some people prefer it, but it seems awkward to me to have to slide out the keyboard every time you want to type something. I've gotten used to the onscreen keyboard and now prefer it to a physical keyboard. And why the heck does the G1 need a trackball and a touch screen?
Um... hell no!
Don't get me wrong - Android is off to a great start, but they have a long way to go before I'd consider it. And Google clearly did not work the miracle that Apple did when they released their very first cell phone (the 2G) with the degree of polish that it had, right out of the gate. What Apple did would be very hard for any other company to duplicate.
While the G1 is slick in many ways, there is a lot of inconsistency in the UI, many missing features, and a lot of unknowns regarding how well 3rd party support will work out. I think there will be a lot of crashing issues and other reliability problems for a few years on the Google phones.
Don't get me wrong - Android is off to a great start, but they have a long way to go before I'd consider it. And Google clearly did not work the miracle that Apple did when they released their very first cell phone (the 2G) with the degree of polish that it had, right out of the gate. What Apple did would be very hard for any other company to duplicate.
While the G1 is slick in many ways, there is a lot of inconsistency in the UI, many missing features, and a lot of unknowns regarding how well 3rd party support will work out. I think there will be a lot of crashing issues and other reliability problems for a few years on the Google phones.
Yes, because the iPhone does do video recording and have flash, dosent it?
Thats the point though the iPhone doesn't do those nor does the G1...so whats the point in switching then
That remains to be seen. Google could very well reject some applications just like Apple. Time will tell. Also, what about T-Mobile? Surely you don't think that they will allow everything on their network, do you?
Just as AT&T dont allow everything on their network.
Also, I am certain video recording apps will effect the network, wont they?
Google wont reject apps unless they contain viruses or dont work properly... It wont be like Apple's system.
...For triple the price and half the openness or 5% of it when the iPhone is not jailbroken!
it's refreshing to read this thread since people are actually praising the iphone rather than complaining about it!
but yeah, i wouldn't get the G1 either. the slide out makes the device look so flimsy... i would prefer a virtual keyboard over that anyday.
but yeah, i wouldn't get the G1 either. the slide out makes the device look so flimsy... i would prefer a virtual keyboard over that anyday.
...For triple the price and half the openness or 5% of it when the iPhone is not jailbroken!
lol
Again, keep waiting. I hear we may have a mass adoption of hover cars here in a few years!
My experience with T-Mobile was awesome. If their data rates hadn't totally sucked, I never would have bailed for Sprint. So I'd have to say if the G1 starts picking up some interesting apps, T-Mobile 3G actually works and Apple/AT&T continue to act like they're god's gift to the cellphone industry, I'll bail without thinking twice. Apple and AT&T have amply proven that they don't give a **** about me as a paying customer so to hell with them both.
Just as AT&T dont allow everything on their network.
Also, I am certain video recording apps will effect the network, wont they?
Google wont reject apps unless they contain viruses or dont work properly... It wont be like Apple's system.
Just FYI:
There's a video recorder app for the iPhone already, it just hasn't been moved to the AppStore yet. It was created back in the days before 3G came out and was and probably still is available for jailbroken iPhones. Not sure what you would mean by video recording apps effecting the network. Are you talking transmitting videos via email or live-video streaming?
A little history lesson may be in order...
I was one of the first to get the iPhone 1st gen devices.
iPhone
Time proven touch UI - day one.
Time proven keyboard interface - day one.
Time proven mobile internet browser - day one.
Time proven audio and video playback - day one.
Time proven desktop sync with the most popular Email/Contact/Calendar suite - office - day one.
Time proven sync with audio/video media stored on desktop - day one.
Time proven expandable OS - day one.
Time proven phone features - day one.
Time proven SMS features - day one.
These features were later proven to be some of the best ever seen on a phone device as the months, and now years have passed. Apple had these day one. Of course there were bugs, but there were very few severity one bugs as the functionality was there day one.
The G1 certainly has a dim future but Android will be good - lots of potential. However, Apple's first iPhone knocked socks off day one. Android and G1 to me look like a huge game of catch-up and releasing something not on technical or asthetic merits but due to marketing requirements. Apple's indoctrinating all of us with the iPod success story and then springing on a successful phone with that device is genius - what a smooth marketing transition that was. Google, Android and the other phone manufacturers have a lot to learn.
I was one of the first to get the iPhone 1st gen devices.
iPhone
Time proven touch UI - day one.
Time proven keyboard interface - day one.
Time proven mobile internet browser - day one.
Time proven audio and video playback - day one.
Time proven desktop sync with the most popular Email/Contact/Calendar suite - office - day one.
Time proven sync with audio/video media stored on desktop - day one.
Time proven expandable OS - day one.
Time proven phone features - day one.
Time proven SMS features - day one.
These features were later proven to be some of the best ever seen on a phone device as the months, and now years have passed. Apple had these day one. Of course there were bugs, but there were very few severity one bugs as the functionality was there day one.
The G1 certainly has a dim future but Android will be good - lots of potential. However, Apple's first iPhone knocked socks off day one. Android and G1 to me look like a huge game of catch-up and releasing something not on technical or asthetic merits but due to marketing requirements. Apple's indoctrinating all of us with the iPod success story and then springing on a successful phone with that device is genius - what a smooth marketing transition that was. Google, Android and the other phone manufacturers have a lot to learn.
Oh yeah, the one that records with crappy frame rates and only for 10 seconds!
I was being sarcastic with the video recording effecting the network thing.
what the heck is that disgusting box on the bottom of the G1? That's one treacherous phone. I expected much better out of HTC and Google's design teams. I'll stick to 
no comparison IMO.
no comparison IMO.
Well said. Apple truly pulled a rabbit out of their hat with the iPhone. Sure there's still plenty of things to gripe about, but IMO no other phone comes close in overall polish, reliability, and capability. The Android brings some great new things to the table (Linux, open OS, etc.) but leaves a lot to be desired. Like every phone, even the iPhone, there are big advantages as well as compromises.
Its a good start for the android platform, but they've got a while to go before it truly rivals the iPhone. Specs are quite nice, but no real difference from the many HTC phones available. As for the looks department, its a definite no brainer which phone is the prettiest
It's up to the handset manufacturers how they choose to deploy Android. Instead of a single company deciding what consumers want, we'll have multiple handset manufacturers building all sorts of devices based on what the market wants. That's the beauty of AndroidOS.
An open source OS has a great chance of succeeding in the mobile space because there isn't a dominant, entrenched OS like on the desktop. Even though the G1 is fugly, its only a 1st gen device and unless apple opens up iphone (not gonna happen), future iterations of Android based smartphones will leave iphone in the dust. IMO, of course.