T-mobile G1 may not 'kill' iPhone!

Finally Tmobile brings out the rumoured 'Google phone', which uses Google Android platform and the phone is made by HTC. Obviously not as attractive as Apple iPhone. But it is Google's Android that made the impact here. So the software and hardware should be seperately discussed as many others are also keen with Android.

Android Interface

Apple the unarguable trend setter definetly influenced the smart phone market! Android has a lot of features similar to iPhone but not as attractive. Being version 1.0 it is surprisingly complete and deserve appaulse. Favorite icons, "widgets", web pages or address-book "cards" could be placed in the desktop just like a computer. Just like iPhone app store here is Andriod market featuring open programs most of them are even free. Apple doesn't allow programs that make phone calls through internet but Google reportedly not against it.

The menu button, which serves just like right mouse button, provide functions related to what you are doing. Zooming using + - is definitley not exciting as pinching in an iPhone. Seperate applications for gmail and other mails. Calender, address book etc are based on Google accouints only- so welcome to the community if you need the phone! ou cannot synchronise multimedia files here as iTunes do in iPhone. T-mobile provides amason music stores but only in US. Unlike iPhones it could Voice-dial, picture-message and aslo got a built-in audio recorder and could turn any song into a ringtone free of cost.

Talking about the phone it has Wi-Fi, GPS and a camera(no video recording). The dedicated buttons(send end and back) along with the trackball make it more flexible than an iPhone. It has a QWERTY thumb keyboard just like a sidekick phone- good news for those who don't like an anscreen keyboard. But everytime you have to turn the phone horizintally to enter a text. It has got a removable battery, which along with the keyboard make it thicker than iPhone. Little built-in storage space-have to use a microSD which could no way match massive 16GB iPhone.