Android Phone

[spotslayer]

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/fi ... proved.php

Looks interesting. We will see.

David

[Patrick]

And we have the first Android phone from T-mobile:
http://gizmodo.com/5053611/hands+on-wit ... roid-phone

And it will feature the Amazon MP3 store:
http://lifehacker.com/5053577/android-g ... azon-store

FINALLY!

[Patrick]

Some press coverage:
http://www.cnet.com/google-android/?tag ... uselArea.0
http://blogs.zdnet.com/cell-phones/?p=132
http://googlewatch.eweek.com/content/he ... _eh_1.html

[Patrick]

Nice shot with a BAAC just for Dann:


Reminds me of an old Palm Pilot. Doesn't do anything for me but I won't turn them down if they want to send me a free phone and data plan to beta test for them.

[spotslayer]

Kinda plain. The keyboard is nice though. Better phones will follow.

David

[greggh]

G1 Pre-Sale Madness: T-Mobile Triples Production, Sells Them All

http://gizmodo.com/5058959/g1-pre+sale- ... s-them-all

According to a T-Mobile spokesperson, pre-sale demand on the Android G1 is so big that they have already sold all their units. She says that this is specially impressive because it happened after they tripled the amount of available G1 cellphones. Of course, this could mean anything without knowing actual shipping numbers, but it seems there's plenty of interest despite its many shortcomings. If you want to pre-order yours, however, you can pre-order now through October 21 to get it at a later date:

Given the great anticipation and the heavy pre-sale demand for the T-Mobile G1 with Google, we nearly tripled the number of phones initially available for delivery on our Oct. 22 launch date, and have sold through them all. However, to accommodate additional T-Mobile customers who want to pre-order a device, they now have the opportunity to place a pre-order through Oct. 21, for delivery at a later date. Also, people can still pre-register on the T-Mobile G1 Web site to be notified prior to launch where they can purchase the device beginning Oct. 22.

[Claudio]

Kinda plain. The keyboard is nice though. Better phones will follow.

David

You know, in looking at the picture of the G1 again it could actually look better if it didn't have that massive "chin" with the buttons underneath. That's the ugly boil on the model's face IMO, so to speak. It just looks as though it really doesn't belong there.