The hardware. We know that the “dream” really is a budget device from HTC. That said, all the chip sets inside really do work very very well, particularly the 3G and GPS radios. This totally distinguishes the hardware from the iPhone which pales by comparison in these two areas. The performance of non assisted GPS I have experienced in the wilds of rural Somerset is excellent. There is a bug I have noticed though, occasionally the maps app will just FAIL and freeze giving a connection error message. This is fixed by a reboot, hopefully there will be a fix for this soon, or perhaps it is a T Mobile issue. I have a few issues with T Mobile but this is not the forum for them. The middle section of my keyboard does appear to be sinking into the device, it is still working though.

I love the browser, the ability to have different windows open is genius. This makes using multiple online services like dabr etc brilliant. Now if everyone could code their sites to open links in a new window on Android we'd have major progress in the mobile web. It is worth commenting that having google gears enabled is a massive win when traveling at speed on trains etc. Technology that just works, thank you.

Geekyouup raises a very valid point about developing for the screen size. This is something that needs some major thought to get round in the next generation of Android phones. If you really want to impress normobs and even promobs with your G1 I would highly recommend grabbing his Newtons Cradle app from the Android App Store.

My three months with the G1 have totally convinced me that Android is going to go from strength to strength this year. I am very much looking forward to seeing what the likes of Motorola, SonyEricsson and Samsung bring to market.

The hardware. We know that the “dream” really is a budget device from HTC. That said, all the chip sets inside really do work very very well, particularly the 3G and GPS radios. This totally distinguishes the hardware from the iPhone which pales by comparison in these two areas. The performance of non assisted GPS I have experienced in the wilds of rural Somerset is excellent. There is a bug I have noticed though, occasionally the maps app will just FAIL and freeze giving a connection error message. This is fixed by a reboot, hopefully there will be a fix for this soon, or perhaps it is a T Mobile issue. I have a few issues with T Mobile but this is not the forum for them. The middle section of my keyboard does appear to be sinking into the device, it is still working though.

I love the browser, the ability to have different windows open is genius. This makes using multiple online services like dabr etc brilliant. Now if everyone could code their sites to open links in a new window on Android we'd have major progress in the mobile web. It is worth commenting that having google gears enabled is a massive win when traveling at speed on trains etc. Technology that just works, thank you.

Geekyouup raises a very valid point about developing for the screen size. This is something that needs some major thought to get round in the next generation of Android phones. If you really want to impress normobs and even promobs with your G1 I would highly recommend grabbing his Newtons Cradle app from the Android App Store.

My three months with the G1 have totally convinced me that Android is going to go from strength to strength this year. I am very much looking forward to seeing what the likes of Motorola, SonyEricsson and Samsung bring to market.

Another thing it seems is that it would have to have the 320×480 screen resolution as so many of the apps, mine included, have element locations and sizes hardcoded to improve their appearance and wouldn't work very well at all on a different screen resolution without some tweaking. Imagine having a shiney new Android device with a shiney new 640×480 screen and then finding out none of the apps in the Marketplace really work with it, ouch.

3rd party apps lack the visual clarity and visual polish of even early iPhone apps but the variety and growth is impressive. Some stability problems – plenty still reset my device.

Hardware is a train wreck – poor build quality, poor battery, poor ergonomics, poor camera, bad design.

T-Mobile – Good c/s, dire signal, dire reliability, fast data, frequent access problems, excludes diverts from bundled minutes.

Will be leaving T-Mobile and HTC as quickly as possible (baring miraculous improvements), but Android is my OS of choice for now.

Or is this just a clumsy plug for Momail?

3rd party apps lack the visual clarity and visual polish of even early iPhone apps but the variety and growth is impressive. Some stability problems – plenty still reset my device.

Hardware is a train wreck – poor build quality, poor battery, poor ergonomics, poor camera, bad design.

T-Mobile – Good c/s, dire signal, dire reliability, fast data, frequent access problems, excludes diverts from bundled minutes.

Will be leaving T-Mobile and HTC as quickly as possible (baring miraculous improvements), but Android is my OS of choice for now.

Or is this just a clumsy plug for Momail?

– no access to Hotmail and/or difficult access to non-Gmail accounts
– minimal ability to handle attachments

As with the iPhone, a number of consumers are beginning to use Momail to get around these issues – and appear happy with the solution.

– no access to Hotmail and/or difficult access to non-Gmail accounts
– minimal ability to handle attachments

As with the iPhone, a number of consumers are beginning to use Momail to get around these issues – and appear happy with the solution.