Manufactured by HTC, the T-Mobile G1 is the first handset running Google’s open-source Android operating system. It brings much excitement to consumers with its large capacitive touchscreen, full QWERTY keyboard, Wi-Fi capability and ability to access to various mobile Web applications from Android Market.The G1 boasts a 3.2-inch TFT LCD touch-sensitive screen with 320 x 480 resolutions and 65K colors. Typing and navigation are effortless using its slide-out 5-row QWERTY keyboard and trackball. Measuring 4.6 inches tall by 2.1 inches wide by 0.6 inch deep and weighing 5.6 ounces, the G1 is not a compact handset, but has a solid design and is comfortable to hold in hand.
The G1’s most appealing highlight is no doubt the third-party applications which users can find and download from the Android Market. Other than access to mobile Web applications like Google Maps Street View, Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Talk and YouTube, you can also download useful applications like ShopSavvy, Ecorio and BreadBrumbz. The G1 uses Webkit as the basis for its full HTML browser with Java support. With Wi-Fi and T-Mobile’s 3G network connection, downloading applications and surfing the Internet are quick and smooth.
A wide range of messaging options is provided by the G1 as well. Other than Gmail, it can be set up to receive emails from up to five POP3 and IMAP email accounts. For instant messaging, it supports AIM, Google Talk, Window Live and Yahoo Messenger. It also offers threaded text and multimedia messaging. Additionally, by downloading TouchDown, an email application for Android Market, users can access Exchange Server email, contacts and calendars on the G1.
As an Android phone, the G1 is preloaded with Google Maps for GPS navigation with standard map, satellite and traffic views. It also sports Google Maps Street View for you to explore cities at the street-level as if you were right there on the corner. Furthermore, you can use the compass mode that gives you a 360-degree view of the street simply by moving the phone around. TeleNav Navigator is available for download to get real-time audible turn-by-turn directions.
Music lovers will like the loaded Amazon MP3 store as they can search and download more than six million songs directly from the store to the device. The music player supports MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, OGG and RM audio formats. As for photo taking, the phone integrates a 3.0-megapixel camera with zoom, auto-focus and photo-sharing capabilities. It has 128MB of built-in memory, plus a microSD memory card slot that supports up to 8GB. For connectivity, the phone supports Bluetooth 2.0 headset and handsfree profiles, and comes with a mini-USB port for connecting to a PC.
By bringing the Andriod operating system, the first capacitive screen and the first trackball to HTC’s lineup, the T-Mobile G1 proves itself as a powerful smartphone and paves the way for the boom of Google’s Android phones.
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