The sleek new T-Mobile G1 allows you to take the internet with you wherever you go. Experience the power of the web, which is always at the tip of your fingers, and get connected effortlessly with the rest of the world in a matter of mere seconds.
The T-Mobile G1 Smartphone has a slide out QWERTY keyboard, support for the fast 3G networks, GPS and Bluetooth technology. The Google Android operating system offers allows for a seamless integration with Google applications and allows access to various other apps such as Amazon MP3 Store and YouTube.
T-Mobile G1’s Google Android platform flaunts its superior sleek engineering and is esthetically pleasing. Besides its visual appeal, this device is packed with robust features. G1 has a strong platform build and a rubber finish on the back which enhances the ability to grip the phone and makes it comfortable to handle. The vibrant, vivid and sharp display measures approximately 3.2 inches (diagonally) and has a fantastic resolution of 320x480. The Smartphone touch glass screen is “Capacitative” and provides haptic feedback i.e. it will only respond to the touch a finger (not to a fingernail or a pen) and sends a little vibration which registers a successful touch. The T-Mobile G1 has a 3.2-megapixel camera and the Android 1.5 update permits video recording capabilities (as well as MPEG-4 and 3GP video playback). The T-Mobile G1 activation process is a breeze: simply insert your T-Mobile SIM and you can start using the Smartphone immediately. The quad-band (GSM 850/900/1800/1900; UMTS/HSDPA 1700/2100) allows for good service and audio call quality.
The music player of the G1 is enviable and is sure to satisfy even the most discerning palates. Songs are organized by Artists, Albums, Songs, and Play lists, with typical music player functions like shuffle, repeat, and the ability to create play lists. The pretty cool feature of the music player is beyond doubt, its ability to instantly convert any song to a ringtone directly from the music player by pressing the "Use as ringtone" button.
The G1 has GPS and network-assisted location. Of course, Google Maps comes standard with this device along with standard map, satellite, and traffic views. Google Maps Street View has a compass mode that allows a 360-degree view of the street by moving the phone around. Move it in any direction (spinning in circles is allowed!) and the view will move with you.
The T-Mobile G1 offers PIM (personal information management) and productivity tools. Calendar, Contacts, calculator, and an alarm clock come standard. This model allows your Contacts, Calendar, and Gmail to be updated continuously, so a daily synch with the computer is not required. Google Docs is supported by the e-mail attachment viewer.
The G1 has four instant-messaging clients, including Google Talk, AIM, Windows Live, and Yahoo Messenger. IM chats can be kept running in the background with other applications open. The Smartphone also offers threaded text messaging like the iPhone and multimedia messaging. This handheld device is able to support several kinds of email accounts: Gmail, Yahoo but the Smartphone can also be configured successfully access POP3 and IMAP4. The HTML support allows you to view photos and graphics and text. There an attachment viewer to for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF documents.
The G1 uses Webkit for its browser. The browser has a several customizable settings such as text size, blocking pop-up windows, turning off image loading, auto-fitting pages to the screen, the capability to enable or disable JavaScript, the option of not accepting cookies, the option to clear out the cache, history, cookies, and passwords etc.
The G1 has Wi-Fi and works at blazing speed with the 3G network. The phone takes a little getting used to and is more suited for the corporate client. If you’re a tech junkie, this phone is also a good investment. All in all, this is a sophisticated, advanced machine with tons of features and capabilities to be mastered rapidly and unleashed in all their fury!