Comments on: So, I just bought a T-Mobile G1

By: Mac Morrison

Mac Morrison — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:07:37 +0000

i wouldnt throw that iPhone away just yet
its not as seemless an end to end experience as the iPhone – but it is a more promising one.

getting music/video on for instance is a bit of a hack. and until core player gets released
theres no decent option for video viewing.

they are very different devices. Both suffer with battery/camera.
theres a lot of bads in the hardware of the G1
and a lot of good in the software – which will only get better.
its the first phone since the original iPhone that has a really FAST interface.
puts nokias /symbians efforts to shame. but its not perfect by a country mile (whatever one of those is) but as a first effort its stunning.

iPhone had a years worth of jailbreakers dev'ing on the side before app store came out. hense the android market being a bit sparse at the moment.

By: DanLane

DanLane — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:52:51 +0000

there is also a software unlock available

So… who wants to swap an iPhone 3G for a G1?

By: Mac Morrison

Mac Morrison — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:38:16 +0000

so i just unlocked mine with the amazing SimAble....
http://helloG1.tumblr.com/post/57274126/unlocki...

By: PatrickatJPR

PatrickatJPR — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:44:30 +0000

So, I turned up at 10am on the dot to sort out the missing sim card. And, opening the shop 6 minutes late, they were great and sorted me out no problem. I was in and out within 10 minutes and now my G1 is working. So well done T-Mobile.

By: Mac Morrison aka mostlythis

Mac Morrison aka mostlythis — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:07:37 +0000

i wouldnt throw that iPhone away just yet
its not as seemless an end to end experience as the iPhone – but it is a more promising one.

getting music/video on for instance is a bit of a hack. and until core player gets released
theres no decent option for video viewing.

iPhone had a years worth of jailbreakers dev'ing on the side before app store came out. hense the android market being a bit sparse at the moment.

By: DanLane

DanLane — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:52:51 +0000

there is also a software unlock available

So… who wants to swap an iPhone 3G for a G1?

By: Mac Morrison aka mostlythis

Mac Morrison aka mostlythis — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:38:16 +0000

so i just unlocked mine with the amazing SimAble....
http://helloG1.tumblr.com/post/57274126/unlocki...

By: Mac Morrison aka mostlythis

Mac Morrison aka mostlythis — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:07:37 +0000

i wouldnt throw that iPhone away just yet
its not as seemless an end to end experience as the iPhone – but it is a more promising one.

getting music/video on for instance is a bit of a hack. and until core player gets released
theres no decent option for video viewing.

iPhone had a years worth of jailbreakers dev'ing on the side before app store came out. hense the android market being a bit sparse at the moment.

By: DanLane

DanLane — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:52:51 +0000

there is also a software unlock available

So… who wants to swap an iPhone 3G for a G1?

By: Mac Morrison aka mostlythis

Mac Morrison aka mostlythis — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:38:16 +0000

so i just unlocked mine with the amazing SimAble….
http://helloG1.tumblr.com/post/57274126/unlocki…

By: PatrickatJPR

PatrickatJPR — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:44:30 +0000

By: PatrickatJPR

PatrickatJPR — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:23:41 +0000

Let me correct my earlier comment about T-Mobile being really good – they gave me the G1 fine, but forgot the sim! I'll have to go back in the morning to see how this plays out …

By: PatrickatJPR

PatrickatJPR — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:54:16 +0000

I've just picked one up. I didn't buy an iPhone, so I can't comment on O2's systems – but fair play to T-Mobile they seemed organised and it sorted very quickly.

They pushed the insurance pretty hard on me, but I'm obviously a stronger man than you MacLeod! I said no.

Just about to turn it on and play with it. Getting excited …

By: Ewan @ MIR

Ewan @ MIR — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:26:36 +0000

Oh I got the insurance….

By: Ben Smith

Ben Smith — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:12:16 +0000

I caved and bought one too… They pushed the insurance a bit too hard (can't be bought without it – yeah right), but I got one without in the end.

By: James Whatley

James Whatley — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:15:21 +0000

Bring it on Friday. I'll bring my N96….