Introducing T-Mobile G1 (aka Android) with Google @ New York's press conference |
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 Sep 23 2008, 15:22
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 Addict  Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 997 Joined: 20th March 2004 From: Gloucestershire, UK Member No.: 37,012 Device(s): MDA Vario II  |
So all I managed to get from that is that it works, a bit like everyone else's devices, but less so...
Are they hoping the open source nature of the OS will see 3rd party developers doing their work for them? 
-------------------- MDA Vario II, WM6, SanDisk 2Gb micro-SD, Motorola HS810 BT headset, and chuffed to little mint balls!!!
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Sep 23 2008, 15:38
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 The Main Man  Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,241 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Touch HD |
Kinda appears that way eh?
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Sep 23 2008, 15:57
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I think they are testing the water and see how well it go.
After that, who knows? Better O/S? Better phone hadware? -------------------- - Tony Sutton
- My Ford Focus ST170 car - Using MDA Vario III with 6GB MicroSD card - Got Phone, GPS and WiFi together? Sign up & Make Money with Navizon! |
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Sep 23 2008, 16:03
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Newbie  Group: Posters Posts: 11 Joined: 6th July 2005 From: Manchester, UK Member No.: 138,004 Device(s): Orange M700 |
I don't know the specs look pretty good to me, according to the HTC Website. I know the HTC Touch HD is far better specced but it is also a lot more expensive! Admittedly I have yet to see the interface in use, but hopefully it might be the kick up the arse that Microsoft needs to improve Windows Mobile. Lets face it Exchange and office document support can be added and if TomTom or other nav companies sign up and create software that will be all most people need.
Specs according to HTC: Processor Qualcomm® MSM7201A™, 528 MHz Operating System Android Memory ROM: 256 MB RAM: 192 MB Dimensions (LxWxT) 117.7 mm x 55.7 mm x 17.1 mm (4.60 in x 2.16 in x 0.62 in) Weight 158 grams (5.57 ounces) with battery Display 3.2-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with 320 x 480 (HVGA) resolution Network HSDPA/WCDMA: Europe: 2100 MHz US:1700/2100 MHz Up to 7.2 Mbps down-link (HSDPA) and 2 Mbps up-link (HSUPA) speeds Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz (Band frequency, HSUPA availability, and data speed are operator dependent.) Device Control Trackball with Enter button Keyboard Slide-out 5-row QWERTY keyboard GPS GPS navigation capability with built-in GPS receiver and map software Connectivity Bluetooth® 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11b/g HTC ExtUSB™ (11-pin mini-USB 2.0 and audio jack in one) Camera 3.2 megapixel color camera with fixed focus Capacity: 1150 mAh (The above are subject to network and phone usage.) Expansion Slot microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible) Special Features Digital Compass, Motion Sensor |
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Sep 23 2008, 16:23
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,241 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Touch HD |
Pretty good, but not outstanding. The capacitive screen is a welcome addition...
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Sep 23 2008, 16:44
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|_-_-_-_-_-_-_| Group: Moderator Team Posts: 1,809 Joined: 31st December 2004 From: Near Norwich, UK Member No.: 104,092 Device(s): T-Mobile MDA Vario III |
BBC News's article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7630888.stm -------------------- - Tony Sutton
- My Ford Focus ST170 car - Using MDA Vario III with 6GB MicroSD card - Got Phone, GPS and WiFi together? Sign up & Make Money with Navizon! |
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Sep 23 2008, 16:57
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Addict Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 997 Joined: 20th March 2004 From: Gloucestershire, UK Member No.: 37,012 Device(s): MDA Vario II |
I missed the first part of the webcast. Was there a demo of the OS? Was it spritely or laggy like WM? If there's little bloat-ware in there it should fly along.
-------------------- MDA Vario II, WM6, SanDisk 2Gb micro-SD, Motorola HS810 BT headset, and chuffed to little mint balls!!!
"What happens to a politician if you give him Viagra? He gets taller" - Jesse Duke, Hazzard County |
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Sep 23 2008, 18:27
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 Addict Group: Posters Posts: 807 Joined: 29th November 2002 From: Sheffield Member No.: 279 Device(s): V1615 |
Geez. HTC stick to their guns and forget that the headphones they supply are worse than rubbish and still won't put a 3.5mm jack in there. There goes any "iPhone killer" thoughts straight out the window.
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Sep 23 2008, 19:33
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 43 Joined: 6th May 2007 Member No.: 253,569 Device(s): HTC Tornado |
With the stupid data plan I don't think I want one. And it looks kinda ugly
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Sep 23 2008, 22:31
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|_-_-_-_-_-_-_| Group: Moderator Team Posts: 1,809 Joined: 31st December 2004 From: Near Norwich, UK Member No.: 104,092 Device(s): T-Mobile MDA Vario III |
Full breakdown of the Features - http://www.t-mobileg1.com/g1-learn-features-details.aspx
G1 FAQ - http://www.t-mobileg1.com/g1-learn-faqs-phone.aspx -------------------- - Tony Sutton
- My Ford Focus ST170 car - Using MDA Vario III with 6GB MicroSD card - Got Phone, GPS and WiFi together? Sign up & Make Money with Navizon! |
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Sep 30 2008, 12:38
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just some guy, you know... Group: Posters Posts: 1,628 Joined: 29th November 2002 From: London, New Zealand Member No.: 271 Device(s): HTC Diamond |
OK, it's a bit underwhelming, but they'll get it into the market just based on their name. The real question is whether it gets the developer support, is the framework of the operating system good enough and extensible enough that people produce the apps to fill the holes.
As a starter device, it's a bit ugly, but I've seen worse. The real question is though, even if it becomes a popular OS, they will end up stuck the same way Windows Mobile is. The biggest problem and barrier to good winMo apps is that every device is different, and you get examples like the HTC diamond where a whole bunch of stuff just doesn't work. Compare this to a developer producing iPhone Apps, you only have currently 2 device to test and develop your app for. Even when future iPhone's hit, there'll be a high level of consistency between devices because there is only one hardware provider. With Android, if it works, we'll have 6 devices in the next year and 20 within 2 years, and every one will be different, potentially with different screen sizes, orientations, different g-sensors, everything... very hard for the development community to keep behind. The only saving grace will be if google has somehow been exceptionally smart with the OS design to minimise the impact of various platforms on the developer. Just my 2p -------------------- Like a monkey ready to be shot off into space. Spacemonkey. Ready to sacrifice himself for the greater good.
owned: SPV, E200, C500, C600, Wizard, Hermes smartphone software by me : http://www.surrealservices.co.uk |
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Sep 30 2008, 12:49
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Addict Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 997 Joined: 20th March 2004 From: Gloucestershire, UK Member No.: 37,012 Device(s): MDA Vario II |
QUOTE(spacemonkey @ Sep 30 2008, 13:38)  Just my 2p And it makes sense. It must be very difficult for developers to cater for all the HTC variants running what appears on the surface to be 'the same' OS, let alone the Samsung's and SonyEricson's of the world joining in too. So what have Diamond owners lost out on then? What won't run on that device? Poor sods!
-------------------- MDA Vario II, WM6, SanDisk 2Gb micro-SD, Motorola HS810 BT headset, and chuffed to little mint balls!!!
"What happens to a politician if you give him Viagra? He gets taller" - Jesse Duke, Hazzard County |
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Sep 30 2008, 16:24
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just some guy, you know... Group: Posters Posts: 1,628 Joined: 29th November 2002 From: London, New Zealand Member No.: 271 Device(s): HTC Diamond |
QUOTE(pd.ryder @ Sep 30 2008, 13:49) So what have Diamond owners lost out on then? What won't run on that device? Poor sods! OK, it's a little off topic but... Diamond has 2 reasons a number of apps (especially games) don't work. First it's VGA and some games won't work with it. Secondly, they've co*ked up the DirectDraw drivers. In a nutshell the driver reports it can do double buffering (which is generally a requirement but good developers work around it), but at the same time the driver also only provides access to enough graphics memory for a single buffer, meaning initialising the DirectDraw infrastructure gives an out of memory when you try to instantiate the back buffer. -------------------- Like a monkey ready to be shot off into space. Spacemonkey. Ready to sacrifice himself for the greater good.
owned: SPV, E200, C500, C600, Wizard, Hermes smartphone software by me : http://www.surrealservices.co.uk |
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Sep 30 2008, 16:43
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Addict Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 997 Joined: 20th March 2004 From: Gloucestershire, UK Member No.: 37,012 Device(s): MDA Vario II |
I guessed the VGA would cause some issues, but didn't realise there were graphics issues with it too.
Ok... back on topic...
-------------------- MDA Vario II, WM6, SanDisk 2Gb micro-SD, Motorola HS810 BT headset, and chuffed to little mint balls!!!
"What happens to a politician if you give him Viagra? He gets taller" - Jesse Duke, Hazzard County |
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