G1 by T-Mobile, Google
The Google phone for which everyone has been waiting for has been released by T-Mobile and it is named G1. It is the first ever phone to run the Google’s Android platform.
Because Android is Google’s innovative, open-source software platform for mobile there will be a plethora of applications ranging from shopping, blogging, social networking, news, events and many more to hit the Android application market. All of the applications will be ready for download following the phone release on October 22nd. The phone will cost $179 on T-Mobile for a two-year period.
The G1 isn’t short of features and there are a lot of them but some have pointed out that the G1 looks cheap in comparison to other equivalent phones.
- The G1 has WiFi and 3G radio built-in support by T-Mobile for (HSDPA) which automatically connects to the best available, high-speed network! Cool.
- A 3 megapixel camera
- The G1 is an HTC handset manufactured for Google and T-Mobile which slides to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard. This makes the G1 more of a “data” phone.
- The G1 also has a FULL HTML browser support so that the users see a website as it was supposed to be seen. The user can also zoom in to read a particular section of the website by tapping over it.
- Google Maps to instantly and accurately view maps, street addresses, find local businesses and restaurants, get directions and satellite view – everything from one, simple touch interface.
- Support for GMail, Google Calender with email support for POP3 and IMAP so that you can surf the web while the emails download.
- The G1 has built-in support for high speed browsing and data transfer and also a 3-megapixel camera so that you can upload all of your pictures right to Picasaweb, Google’s photo sharing and hosting service.
- Google Talk to chat with all your buddies on the go!
After taking over the Internet by storm, Google now sees the mobile platform a revolutionary way to reach a massive audience? ( approximately 2.7 billion users ) – audience that is not accessible via the web is now accessible through the phone market.
