Comments on: The Google phone upclose and personal

By: GD38 Stowe, VT

GD38 Stowe, VT — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:28:51 +0000

Ooh it is ugly though isn’t it. I would buy an iPhone over this. But that is largely because I’m an AT&T customer already. I think it’s great that competitors aren’t giving up though. The iPhone is really great but just imagine the device that does take it down. And don’t come back with “Yah, the next iPhone”.

By: Tech Forward, Manchester NH

Tech Forward, Manchester NH — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:19:41 +0000

Yeah! Not because I dislike Apple or the iPhone but because I believe in free market competition. I hope RIMs entrance into the touch phone game will be equally as robust. The reason this tech is getting so good is everyone is trying to one up each other. People can gripe all they want about Apple but the market owes them a debt for pushing the envelope, forcing their competitors to answer the call and subsequently give consumers real choices on what kind of smart mobile they want to carry.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:43:01 +0000

good job not including a single photo of the device

By: Mario, Doral FL

Mario, Doral FL — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:15:01 +0000

The phone is ugly as hell. It’s way bellow iPhone, HTC Touch Diamond, Pro, HD and Xperia. I know all the focus is the OS, but I think they needed a first good impression, hardware included,to catch some attention from the general public.

By: Larry, Wentzville Missouri

Larry, Wentzville Missouri — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:11:53 +0000

Looks like a calculator. Only a Old Geek would want this. My iPhone rocks so I’ll say no thanks!

By: David, Houston, Tx

David, Houston, Tx — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:37:45 +0000

finally, something for people that don’t want to be sheep to Apple and the “I” craze. hooray for open source!

By: Asher Pat, London

Asher Pat, London — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:07:13 +0000

here we go again with the brainwashed bandwagonners brigade (and that includes the media-collaborators):

iPhone is King!!!
Apple Rules!!!!
Restistance is Futile!!!
Jobs to world domination!!!!
Macs just Work!!!!
We told you!!!!

I want to puke!

By: Gabe, El Paso, TX

Gabe, El Paso, TX — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:11:40 +0000

Okay, this phone is not intended to be an iPhone killer, the only iPhone killers I believe are Nokia’s Nseries phones (N95, N85, N96 etc…), this phone is intended to be just an adept phone with some cool features (compass, streetview) along with an open-source OS that will allow tons of 3rd party apps that will not be profit regulated by T-Mobile or Google. This means cooler and more useful apps for the phone that will enhance its current launch specs, like VoIP services so that I can use my $3/mo. unlimited voice services. Apple;s greedy As will never do that for their customers.

Heck I can’t send an MMS or send a file via Bluetooth to the iPhone. Again, it’s not an Iphone killer, it’s an obvious(they’re on different networks…) alternative.

By: Max, New York

Max, New York — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:58:18 +0000

Too little, too late…

By: Kontra

Kontra — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:14:35 +0000

Its manufacturer HTC called it "The most exciting phone in the history of phones." I compiled a list of all software, hardware and service flaws of G1 and asked the question, "Would Apple have been utterly crucified and AAPL have tanked if the iPhone came out with so many shortcomings?" in: The Big List: 30 critical issues with Google G1 phone

By: KenC, Edenton, NC

KenC, Edenton, NC — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:36:21 +0000

Good one, Scott! Nice to see you change your error on pricing, with no mention of your original mistake. Gotta love the internet.

By: Sean, no 3G network, Florida

Sean, no 3G network, Florida — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:28:38 +0000

This is the first and lookie lookie! Theres been plenty of coments about locked to t-mobile but its a t-mobile phone, guess what, everyone else can make one too, even at&t.

Thats the beauty of this entire google venture, everyone can have a piece of the pie. I can’t wait for the next line from other carries!

By: Ken Wirt, Cisco

Ken Wirt, Cisco — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:22:23 +0000

What about video on the G1? The iPhone is missing video streaming that is available on WinMo — and 3G would be great for video with open standards (H.264) in addition to Flash.

By: Frank, Boston, Massachusetts

Frank, Boston, Massachusetts — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:13:04 +0000

No exchange support out of box?

No multi-touch?

Locked to T-Mobile?

No desktop syncing?

No headphone jack?

Only one Google account can be used?

No thanks, I’ll stay with my iPhone…

By: davingreenwell

davingreenwell — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:28:48 +0000

No headphone jack. This is a dealbreaker.

By: KenC, Edenton, NC

KenC, Edenton, NC — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:26:44 +0000

I think you are mistaken on the plan cost, the $25 and $35 are for limited data and unlimited data. The voice plans are EXTRA. In other words, the price difference compared to an iPhone plan, may be about $5 a month, depending upon how many messages you need.

By: Ryan, Baltimore MD

Ryan, Baltimore MD — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:16:52 +0000

And this article doesn’t even mention the new HTC Raphael series (aka HTC Touch Pro). It has all of the same functionality of the Android phone and then some if on the Sprint network, touch screen, slide out keyboard and all!!!

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:06:57 +0000

Still no iPhone killer…

By: Daydreamer Redmond WA

Daydreamer Redmond WA — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:56:45 +0000

I think the pricing you have mentioned as half that of ATT is misleading, $35 for unlimited data only I guess not including voice. If it is $35 for unlimited voice and data the entire country will switch to T-mobile. It is just too good to be true