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T-Mobile G1: What we didn't get
Kent German | Sep 24, 2008
With the new T-Mobile G1,
a.k.a. the HTC Dream, the Google Android OS is now a reality. The touchscreen device
with the QWERTY keyboard offers a host of intriguing features, but there a few things left
off the list, some of which are surprising. Here's what we noticed so far.
The T-Mobile G1 doesn't give us everything that we wanted. (Credit: T-Mobile)
Sure, this may come later, but this is a glaring omission on any handset that's hoping for a slice of the smartphone pie. Of course, that also means there's no Outlook calendar and contacts syncing, either.
Video recording
We've raked Apple over the coals for not including this on the iPhone, so we'll have to to the same for the G1. Video should just be standard on a phone with a 3-megapixel camera.
Stereo Bluetooth
The support for the new Amazon MP3 Store shows the T-Mobile G1 is not taking its music player lightly. Stereo Bluetooth is a common feature these days, and the G1 should have it, particularly since there's no 3.5mm headset jack (that's next).
3.5mm headset jack
Seriously, HTC and T-Mobile, no 3.5mm headset jack? The port uses a proprietary connection? Wow... that's just wrong. Even if you can use your own headset with an adapter, you shouldn't have to.
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T-Mobile to throttle G1 speed after 1GB a month?
Tom Krazit | Sep 24, 2008
T-Mobile is warning G1 customers that they could get placed into the slow lane if they use more than 1GB of data in a billing cycle.
Download more than 1GB of data on your new G1 phone, and T-Mobile might severely restrict your bandwidth. (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET Networks)
Engadget spotted the fine print underneath T-Mobile's G1 page on its Web site trumpeting the arrival of the first phone to run Google's Android software. "If your total data usage in any billing cycle is more than 1GB, your data throughput for the remainder of that cycle may be reduced to 50 kbps or less," the company warned.
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T-Mobile G1 images leaked ahead of time
John Chan | Sep 23, 2008
We've been hearing much about the T-Mobile Android event happening in New York on Tuesday morning (Tuesday night for us). It will be when the T-Mobile G1, which we have frequently referred to as the HTC Dream, will be announced. This slider-style device just can't keep itself secret and even T-Mobile has unwittingly let some official images leak from its own Web site.
First uncovered by TmoNews, the device will apparently be black in color, weigh 5.6 ounces (about 159g) and measure approximately 117 x 55 x 16mm (converted from inches). That puts it in a similar size category as the HTC Touch Pro, which means the G1's definitely too big for the regular phone user. But given it's the first Android product, that shouldn't matter as showcasing what the OS can do in a feature-packed device will be more important for now.
Via Engadget
Palm OS revision now due in first half of 2009
Tom Krazit | Sep 23, 2008
Palm's bid to join the modern era of mobile computing will have to wait a little longer.
The company reported yet another quarterly loss last week, and The Register noticed that Palm CEO Ed Colligan has tweaked the shipping expectations for the company's new Linux-based operating system, known as Palm OS II. Once thought to arrive in early 2009, the new operating system is now targeted for the first half of 2009, which generally means May-June 2009 in the tech industry.
Palm has managed to keep its brand afloat over the past year with the success of the Centro, an inexpensive version of the Treo. Palm sold more than 1 million smartphones during the past quarter, but it's not clear whether Palm actually makes any money on the sale of a Centro. The company reported a net loss of US$41.9 million for the quarter.
If it wasn't for Palm's decision to embrace the Windows Mobile operating system--used on its latest Treo Pro handset--the company might have gone out of business long ago. The current version of Palm OS was first introduced in 2004 and hasn't really been updated since 2006. An awful lot has changed in this market since then, and Palm desperately needs new software to challenge the likes of Apple, Research In Motion, Symbian, and now Google.
Via CNET News
ASUS P565 with 800MHz processor
John Chan | Sep 23, 2008
We didn't catch this tidbit from sister site CNET Taiwan till now, but hey, better late than never. At a Microsoft Windows Mobile (WM) 6.1 event held in Taiwan, an ASUS P565 device was showcased. This handheld is not unlike the P552w announced earlier this month and has a 2.8-inch display, 128MB RAM, 3.5G and Wi-Fi connectivity. What makes it different is the use of an 800MHz Marvell processor, a first on any WM PDA-phone.
Granted, clock speed is not the be all and end all of performance, but given the fact that ASUS will be putting in its own Glide custom user interface, it wouldn't hurt to throw in more processing power to make that run smoother. That's all there is to know about this P565 for now. We'll bring you more information as it becomes available.
CNET Taiwan | via Engadget
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