News: Tmobile G1
The T-Mobile G1 web site went up with a bunch of placeholders late last night, but it’s finally fully live after this morning’s big unveiling, and while it’s not exactly bursting with detailed info, there’s plenty of new pictures and details, including updated 3G coverage information.
According to the T-Mobile G1 event today and the T-Mobile pre-order page, you can get the long-awaited phone for as low as $179 come October 22nd.
So here is the T-Mobile G1 in all her glory!
Well, we don’t really know anything new about the first Android phone ever, the T-Mobile G1, but a few new pictures have leaked of the device.
The first Android phone, T-Mobile G1 comes with QWERTY keyboard, trackball, built in Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 3G data connection.
While that’s not a first, it could be a major differentiating feature for Android phones here on out, since it sounds like the app is advanced and partially web-based: it has the threading, search, and Google Talk presence features of the web client.
But some members of our Android Community have found their pre-order price to be exponentially higher.
We finally, finally got our mitts all over the very first Android device, the T-Mobile G1 hanging out in the crowd, waiting for the official announce, naturally and so far we like what we see.
Other than the black color, T-Mobile will be offering the white T-Mobile G1 too.
Google just posted a few videos showing all the Google applications loaded on the T-Mobile G1.
Previously only shown in a handful of indoor shots, the G1 is again an exact match for prototypes Google has used to demonstrate the phone and is described by the Google worker using the phone as the production version of the HTC Dream.
In fact, now we’re hearing that the HTC Dream, which is believed to be the handset to first get Android, will cost $200 with a contract.
This same alleged insider also claims that T-Mobile will introduce “aggressively priced” new data plans to capitalize on the G1’s faster 3G data access.
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Amazon MP3 store, IMing, Street View compass mode and plenty more highlighted in the videos posted after the break.
We just heard that for the first 90 days after purchase, all apps from the T-Mobile Marketplace will be free for phone buyers.
Also believed to be confirmed in the scoop is word that the device will carry Google branding in addition to T-Mobile’s name as well as the name of the manufacturer, HTC.
With under a week to go before the HTC Dream is officially unveiled in the Big Apple, the Wall Street Journal has given us something juicy to gnaw on for the time being: a price.
One of my super secret spies at Google just happened to trade contact information with someone who admitted that the phone in his hand was the rumored Dream.
Here’s some initial observations: the browser is much choppier than the iPhone’s, there seem to be be two separate mail apps, one for Gmail and a separate IMAP app, and there seems to be no multitouch functionality.
