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New HTC Google G1 - with Android
« on: September 23, 2008, 04:11:42 PM »
To all those interested: T-mobile just officially announced the new G1... Available for pre-order for existing customers @ http://www.t-mobileg1.com/

Very excited for this phone!

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Re: New HTC Google G1 - with Android
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2008, 03:28:50 AM »
IIRC, it won't ship until October 22.
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Re: New HTC Google G1 - with Android
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2008, 01:47:00 PM »
Nice that they're backing down from the 1GB bandwidth limit/month, what a boneheaded move that would be.
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Re: New HTC Google G1 - with Android
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2008, 02:18:59 PM »
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Re: New HTC Google G1 - with Android
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2008, 10:38:58 PM »
We need some other carriers/phones with Android. T-Mobile's 3G coverage is horrible

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Re: New HTC Google G1 - with Android
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2008, 12:16:15 PM »
ceejay, the G1 is just the first. Word on the street is that all the major carriers will get an android phone in 2009.

The Sprint version is supposedly codenamed the HTC Pigassi, but additional information is scarce at best. Motorola and Samsung are already planning their Android OS Smartphones, and apparently Asustek (famous for their EEE Pc and other laptops/portable electronics) have been invited to join the Open Handset Alliance, and are rumored to be planning their own Android phone.

The G1 is only a taste of things to come. Good thing too, because with all due respect to T-mobile, that thing is pretty ugly...
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Re: New HTC Google G1 - with Android
« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2008, 08:56:58 PM »
Article I happened to write regarding the G1:
http://www.mopocket.com/2008/10/thoughts-re-the-first-google-android-phone.php
Nice writing Mordy!

Let me ask you...is the G1 locked to TMO? If yes, is Cingular going to start coming out with some android phones of their own? I would be interested in something like that - assuming of course that it supports Exchange sync.

Everything Google does is just awesome, and I know Android - maybe it'll take a few months - will be blowing everything else out of the water.
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Re: New HTC Google G1 - with Android
« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2008, 01:26:37 PM »
Eli, according to the reports from T-mobile management during the press release, the G1 will be locked as all new GSM handsets are, however they won't be treating this any differently from any other T-mobile phones as far as unlocking policy. In other words, all you have to do is ask them nicely for the unlock code, and they will gladly give it to you (he actually admitted this in a candid interview with Engadget Mobile).

And yes, Android is not limited to T-mobile, the first device just happens to be.
The whole idea is to have an open platform, and all the major manufacturers and carriers have joined the Open Handset Alliance that Google started. Its sorta the anti-Apple iPhone business model.

Samsung, Motorola, and HTC have all expressed plans for future devices, and I'm fairly certain AT&T is on the list somewhere, although probably not until 2009. I'd wait it out for apps like exchange sync to mature anyway, and I'm sure by the time it hits AT&T, it'll be there.
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