The new G1 “Google Phone” from T-Mobile
October 17, 2008 by admin · 3 Comments
The smartphone wars are on, with a tusanmi of new touchscreen phones flooding the market to compete against the iPhone.
The latest will go on sale next Wednesday (Oct. 22) when the much anticipated T-Mobile G1 is released… a phone that has been sometimes dubbed the Google phone.
The T-Mobile G1 is the first phone to run on Google’s new Android operating system, a phone that looks and works a lot like the iPhone… and more.
For starters, it’s a touchscreen. You can move stuff around with your fingers… open applications flick from screen to screen. It has a music player and downloads songs from the Amazon MP3 store. Read more
Comparing the iPhone and the gPhone
October 3, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
On Oct. 22nd, consumers will be able to tap into the latest craze in the cell phone industry – The new T-Mobile G1 “Google” phone featuring Google’s Andriod Mobile software. It compares to the Apple iPhone, but has several key differences:
Price – While the latest version of the iPhone costs $199.99, the G1 costs just $179 with a 2-year contract.
Interface – The G1 phone features a trackball and slide-out keyboard, which the iPhone does not.
The software – While Apple iPhone software is proprietary, Google has opened their operating system to third party developers, which will make Read more
