I am a PC user. Always have and always will be. BUT I do have the iphone 3g and it is amazing. It’s so easy to use and there are so many apps out there. It also looks great! I didn’t buy it because of the commercials or because people have them. I bought it because it is simply a great device which is obvious.

As far as the G1 looks, taste is different and my taste tells me that it’s an ugly phone. The photos make it look uglier but when you actually see it in person it’s still an ugly device but not as bad as the photos of it. As far as functionality goes, it’s got a lot of potential and may even surpass the iphone in the applications area because of open source. The only solution for iphone owners is to jailbreak their phones.

I don’t understand this whole apple vs windows thing. It just makes people look stupid. How about you think
realistically and make decisions yourselves instead of letting windows or apple make it for you. There are great windows products and there are great apple products. Why not enjoy the best of both worlds?

I actually think it’s the case that many dorky nerds feel that they have to ‘go against the grain’ with iPhone, and won’t use it BECAUSE it looks so slickly designed – which of course is absolutely ridiculous.

The bottom line is quite simply that the iPhone looks and feels GREAT. The G1 looks and feels like a ridiculous toy brick phone pile of crap.

Remember – just because something might LOOK absolutely garbage, doesn’t mean that it’s better than something that looks great!

I’ve never once used an iPhone. I have been a hard-core WindowsMobile user for years. Never wanted an iPhone. Never liked following ‘the in-crowd’.
I actually did use an iPhone today, co-worker wanted to know why I was so thrilled about my new G1, that I’ve been bragging to my friends for months.
Yes, it’s nice. (and that’s about it)

True, taste is inherently a matter of opinion. But when voicing ones opinion, Apple FanBoys must look at other aspects than just the ‘wow’ and the ‘shine’ and the ‘gloss’ and your reflection in this super wowwee shiny glossiness.

While the iPhone has set the standard for all future phones (we all know this), the G1 will revolutionize the way software interacts with the hardware. And how the user interacts with their phone.
It gives the owner OF the phone the rights to do what they want WITH their phone.
Why are there so many jailbroken iPhones? Because Apple has such strict reins on the app store and with the restrictions, you CAN’T run just any app you want, can you? You can’t just develop any app either without jumping through flaming hoops.

How’s that for freedom?

On the other hand, we get to celebrate, in less than 30 days when I and countless other geeks get our sweaty palms on our G1 phone … we get to celebrate all that the Open Source goodness has provided. Freedom to do with our hardware and software whatever we want!

Second of all, I want to point out that half of all Apple fanboys are just wannabe design snobs who think they’re in some elite inner circle that supports the finer things in life. In reality, many (not all) are superficial prima donnas who blindly follow a brand name because they think doing so makes them cool by association when in reality the functionality and productivity of their phone – the reason it was made – suffers and is compromised because of their own need to stroke their ego.

Don’t get me wrong – the iPhone is an amazing device. Is it revolutionary? Absolutely. Is it gorgeous? I think so. Is it more attractive than the G1? Most would probably say so. But seriously… get over it. The world grows tiresome of your perpetual reminders of your phone’s beauty and elegance… its like the mobile version of Paris Hilton.

The comparisons to the iPhone are justified. But how about being original? Or maybe even *gasp* fair or logical?

/rant

What were they thinking with that ugly looking ‘tail chunk’? Who designs these things? Honestly? I mean – how can anyone get it so incredibly wrong? I really don’t understand. Is it that hard to identify ‘elegant’ from ‘trash’? Because this looks like trash!

There is no denying it looks absolutely disgusting. Functionality is one thing – I’m not taking away from that. But in terms of design/form, anyone who likes it, obviously has no concept or taste of good design. iPhone got it right – minimal, sleek, modern, condensed, efficient. G1 has failed with its big, heavy, busy, ugly, clunky, plastic, pathetic, over-loaded, 1980 2-dollar-shop look.

I can honestly say if I found one of these in the garbage bin, I would not pick it up. I’d thank god that the phone was where it belongs, and continue on my merry way.

http://www.betanews.com/newswire/pr/Funambol_Announces_Worlds_First_Open_Source_Mobile_Sync_App_for_TMobile_Android_G1_Phone/141850

Carrying multiple microSD cards doesn’t sound that appealing to me. On the other hand if some phone company ends up offering 4 places for these cards say underneath a removable battery, I agree with you that this completely negates the higher capacity available in SD over microSD (since the cost per GB of the upper end cards often gets worse). Of course 32 GB sounds like a lot and I’m not even sure what I’d do with that much right now, but I’m sure I’ll think of something – maybe combining a large music collection, a large database of offline topographic maps to use while hiking, and still wanting room to shoot a long sequence of moderate compressed video (which isn’t possible with the G1 I realize) would push it. Some people probably have 32 GB of music alone (I don’t). I don’t buy some people’s argument that one can swap songs back and forth from a laptop to the phone so who needs that much space – I’d find that to be a bother – I’d rather just have it all on the phone.

Dara

Not sure where you’re buying your SD cards, but Newegg has 8gb microSDs for 28 bucks. Even with shipping you could fit 3 in for less than $100 which is 24gb of storage. Sure you can only have 8gb at a time in the phone (for now that is) but you can carry & swap as many cards as you’d like. Not sure how in the world this is worse than the iPhone approach where you’re stuck with what came with it when you bought it, and it costs more per gb as well…

I’m not convinced a slider is really what I want, but there is no way you can convince me that not using the entire length of the phone for the keyboard when the lengths are already cramped is ever justified. Xperia, Nokia N810, etc. – that is the only type of slider I’d consider worthwhile. With a 4.3″, I think a screen landscape keyboard could satisfy me, though I’d like it to be customizable.

Finally, what is the point of these microSD cards in a phone this big? Give me the full size where I can get 32 GB right now, and this size will always lead the micro by a factor of 2 or 4. Plus more people have these cards laying around. (Note: this phone isn’t any cheaper to purchase than an 8GB iPhone if you have to purchase and 8GB microSDHC card – and you can’t even get a 16GB for an extra $100 yet, I don’t know T-mobile, hopefully the per month charge for an equivalent voice+data plan is less).

I may be stuck waiting for the next one.

Dara Parsavand

Many of the demo video’s I’ve seen though seems whoever held the phone simply kept the screen slid up so it kept making it look like you need to open the screen to switch to landscape mode.

Here’s an example from Life360:

“Collision Detector: We use your phone’s accelerometer to detect if you are involved in an accident. If you are, we will call 911, let nearby users know, and display your emergency information on the phone”

looks like i’ll go ahead with iphone for now. wont wait for a phone that looks bulky and unattractive. i wanna have it in my pocket, not in my bag. wish it was slimmer and touch screen all the way instead of the keyboard sliding out. eewww i hate the looks. no offence