Comments on: The T-Mobile G1- An iPhone Junkie’s Perspective http://www.geardiary.com/2008/11/13/the-t-mobile-g1-an-iphone-junkies-perspective/ Everyone can understand technology; sometimes it just takes a little translating. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jonm1981http://www.geardiary.com/2008/11/13/the-t-mobile-g1-an-iphone-junkies-perspective/#comment-40615 jonm1981 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:55:28 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=16286#comment-40615 Tmobile G1 video clip, kinda cool- check it out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoDWh5Eezp0 Tmobile G1 video clip, kinda cool- check it out

]]> By: Wayne Schulzhttp://www.geardiary.com/2008/11/13/the-t-mobile-g1-an-iphone-junkies-perspective/#comment-40539 Wayne Schulz Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:27:02 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=16286#comment-40539 I'm an absolute believe that Android has the potential to be the next big thing (that's assuming it doesn't splinter into umpteen different flavors of phone OS). The G1 is a nasty looking beast.. I'm not a big fan of sliders because they look cool until you use them day to day and have them start sliding open at the most inconvenient time. One of the things I expect Android to spawn is a lot of custom branded phones -- if the OS can be tweaked easily -- why wouldn't ESPN for example create an OS for a phone that featured a lot of tweaks to point people toward their site. To me this seem very much a 1.0 product but I expect the OS to gather steam FAST. I’m an absolute believe that Android has the potential to be the next big thing (that’s assuming it doesn’t splinter into umpteen different flavors of phone OS).

The G1 is a nasty looking beast.. I’m not a big fan of sliders because they look cool until you use them day to day and have them start sliding open at the most inconvenient time.

One of the things I expect Android to spawn is a lot of custom branded phones — if the OS can be tweaked easily — why wouldn’t ESPN for example create an OS for a phone that featured a lot of tweaks to point people toward their site.

To me this seem very much a 1.0 product but I expect the OS to gather steam FAST.

]]> By: jashsuhttp://www.geardiary.com/2008/11/13/the-t-mobile-g1-an-iphone-junkies-perspective/#comment-40537 jashsu Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:47:12 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=16286#comment-40537 'Even in their design the difference is clear. The Q1 screams “phone!” while the iPhone screams “mini-tablet!”. The iPhone is a handheld computer with a built-in phone, while the G1 is a smartphone with a lot of potential, and I cannot help but think of them as two different classes of device.' Interestingly, after having used both devices I come away with the opposite impression. If you are only looking at the superficial appearance of the devices, sure iPhone looks a lot more like a tablet computer than the G1 with its phone-like call buttons. But the more sophisticated multitasking capability of the G1 made the user experience feel more expansive and desktop-like. From a hardware perspective the iPhone and G1 are pretty similar. The differentiation is all in the operating system, and I felt that the degree with which Apple has locked down the iPhone operating system felt a bit like a throwback to older mobile business models with its strange arbitary restrictions (copy and paste, anyone?) ‘Even in their design the difference is clear. The Q1 screams “phone!” while the iPhone screams “mini-tablet!”. The iPhone is a handheld computer with a built-in phone, while the G1 is a smartphone with a lot of potential, and I cannot help but think of them as two different classes of device.’

Interestingly, after having used both devices I come away with the opposite impression. If you are only looking at the superficial appearance of the devices, sure iPhone looks a lot more like a tablet computer than the G1 with its phone-like call buttons.

But the more sophisticated multitasking capability of the G1 made the user experience feel more expansive and desktop-like. From a hardware perspective the iPhone and G1 are pretty similar. The differentiation is all in the operating system, and I felt that the degree with which Apple has locked down the iPhone operating system felt a bit like a throwback to older mobile business models with its strange arbitary restrictions (copy and paste, anyone?)

]]> By: palmsolohttp://www.geardiary.com/2008/11/13/the-t-mobile-g1-an-iphone-junkies-perspective/#comment-40535 palmsolo Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:41:42 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=16286#comment-40535 Dan, nice and honest evaluation. At the moment, the G1 Bluetooth is just as crippled as the iPhone with the only profile supported being that of a Bluetooth mono headset. There is no support for A2DP, keyboards, file sharing, etc. like what you can find on just about every other smartphone. Dan, nice and honest evaluation. At the moment, the G1 Bluetooth is just as crippled as the iPhone with the only profile supported being that of a Bluetooth mono headset. There is no support for A2DP, keyboards, file sharing, etc. like what you can find on just about every other smartphone.

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