T-Mobile G1 Update Galore

September 25, 2008 in Android, HTC, Handsets, T-Mobile, Video, Wrap-Ups

If you’re wondering why MobileRoar coverage has been a little relaxed this week its because we’ve been SOOO busy covering T-Mobile G1 news with sister site, phandroid.com. We’ve got a ton of great information over there but we’ve summarized it for all our MobileRoar brethren (and uh, brethra?) below:

First off, take a look at this T-Mobile G1 overview video that highlights some of the coolest features and capabilities of Android on the new device:

Here are some first impressions of the G1 and the T-Mobile G1 User Guide was just leaked as well, which can’t really give you a better text/picture based overview of the device.

Its tough to explain to non tech enthusiasts what the heck Android is and actually means for the mobile industry and consumers. To illustrate that, I usually explain what the application Shop Savvy for Android does and below is a video of Rylan Barnes - a member of their team - demonstrating the application in action:

That’s one of the COOLEST applications for Android not to mention the most useful, but Android will have just as many applications that are fun and pointless, just to help you kill time. One of them is called Krystle 2 and all it does is make your screen look like a furry pet and it shakes/vibrates when you pet it. Dumb? Yes… but things like these could also become very popular.

There have been a ton of complaints about the G1, mostly from iFanboys, but some of them hold water. Here is a list of some of the more common concerns that have surfaced:

No standard 3.5mm headphone jack
Video player other than YouTube
Lack of MS Exchange support
No tethering or desktop sync
No VoIP capabilities
T-Mobile capping bandwidth at 1GB
Amazon downloads have to come via WiFi

Those concerns are already being alleviated.

My only concern was whether or not the Black G1 and Brown G1 were actually different colors. Although I sounded like a complete, sarcastic jerk when questioning the color I was… simply… puzzled. I explain more about the T-Mobile G1 Colors on Phandroid but here is the video:

I’m guessing there will be a TON of Android news rolling in over the next couple days, it will die down by Monday and then we’ll go through the craziness all over again when October 22nd comes. We’ll update you here but if Android in specific is your thing, check out phandroid.com and AndroidForums.com!

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