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Confessions of a Live Blog Failure

By Rob Jackson • Sep 24th, 2008

After an anxious Monday and fulfilling G1-day, I took the 10:45 Greyhound back to Baltimore. Its 3:27am and I just bought two large coffees from Royal Farms… too much to do to sleep! I attempted to “Live Blog” the event but - for me any ways  - it seemed more like a Live Train Wreck.
Live [...]



T-Mobile G1: First Impressions

By Rob Jackson • Sep 23rd, 2008

Alright folks so I got a decent amount of time to “play around” with the G1 and I’m sure people are eager to know what the overall take is on the phone. Whats good? Whats bad? What do you like? What don’t you like? So… don’t hold me to any of these opinions as they [...]



T-Mobile G1 Demo Video

By Rob Jackson • Sep 23rd, 2008

Here is a nice video by the T-Mobile G1 Product Manager discussing and showcasing some of the features that come pre-installed on Android handsets. Every handset has  Google Search, Maps, YouTube, Gmail, Contacts, Calendar and IM and you can login with your Gmail account to access each seamlessly. You can also pass code your account [...]



T-Mobile G1 Pictures

By Rob Jackson • Sep 23rd, 2008

Alright folks, we took some pictures of the beautiful T-Mobile G1 in all its glory. But first, take a look at the stage and setting when the announcement was being made:

After the actual press conference, we were able to go downstairs and play with the phones. Here is some pictures of me using the actual [...]



Quick Android Update!

By Rob Jackson • Sep 23rd, 2008

Alright folks, I just got back from the T-Mobile G1 Press Conference and I have a few quick comments before I started plugging and chugging to get all this content up on the site.
First of all, wow, live blogging ain’t easy. There are a lot of things that COULD potentially go wrong and I’m going [...]



Judgement Day

By Rob Jackson • Sep 23rd, 2008

While the ultimate “judgement” might be sales figures, today is the day that Android goes official. The T-Mobile G1 will be unveiled and hopefully a LOT of questions will be answered.
You can view a live webcast of the press conference here:
http://announcement.t-mobileg1.com/
Keep one eye on that and one eye on the conversation of our LIVE BLOG:
http://phandroid.com/live
This [...]



LIVE from NYC on 9/23

By Rob Jackson • Sep 22nd, 2008

I’m typing this from NYC and I phandroid.com WILL be blogging live from the T-Mobile/Google/HTC/Android event, extravaganza, press conference or whatever else you want to call it. Bookmark it:
http://phandroid.com/live
We’ll also have coverage throughout the day of happenings, information, tidbits, pics, videos and all that good stuff. Feel free to leave comments if there are certain [...]



G1 Appears Momentarily on T-Mobile.com

By Rob Jackson • Sep 19th, 2008

So all the curious name speculaters - including me - can now be pretty confident that the innaugural Android handset will be called the G1. A link to the G1 appeared momentarily on the T-Mobile website and linked to T-MobileG1.com… surely a sign of whats to come.
Here is a screen shot from Engadget - the [...]



What Will Be The Next Android Phone?

By Rob Jackson • Sep 19th, 2008

How impatient us tech fans are… before the T-Mobile/HTC Dream/G1 is even announced, we’re all wondering what the NEXT android phone will be. In this case though, its warranted. Android transcends carriers, manufacturers and geography - thats half of the concept. So what WILL be the next Android phone?
Elizabeth Woyke of Forbes.com wrote a fabulous [...]



Android News Roundup

By Rob Jackson • Sep 19th, 2008

Apologies for being absent since the T-Mobile announcement… I got Sara Palin’ed the morning after the big news and have spent the past two days covering my tracks (wiping computer, new passwords, etc…). I wanted to catch everyone up with a few interesting articles you may have missed while I was away. And if I [...]