up until very recently, i was always going to get the G1 as soon as my contract was up (right now).
i was looking forward to the android o/s since it was announced and i like the idea that its not locked down like the iphone is.
but i am now having doubts for a few reasons,
i had the G1 in my hand when i was in a t-mobile store, and the screen was very loose when it was opened so i could see the keyboard, it was not quite parallel with the phone. obviously thats a display model and will get bashed around a bit, but still, i am expecting to have it for 18months, so i assume mine would be like that by then.
i also can not believe that you can only store apps on the actual phone itself. that must be an oversight. hopefully that can be rectified in the o/s so i dont have to do it myself in terminal (assuming that you can get to the terminal on this device).
the battery life is not great (that may be an understatment) judging by some of the comments on this forum. and whearas normally i will be near a power supply (work pc, car, home etc...), what happens the times when i am out and about (when i would use things like gps), will the battery die on me if i try and connect to a wi-fi network or watch a movie!!
there are a few other things that i am not too impressed with as well, but not so much towards bugs as they were to be expected and hopefully will be ironed out fast with google's might behind it (remember that windows mobile only became really user friendly in the last couple of incarnations).
so in essence, are you all happy with the G1 and are the problems not as bad as some make out.
i could wait until the second lot of devices get released as i think its only going to be a few months, but no ones making any firm statements on that.
plus i dont want to wait ;-)
i was looking forward to the android o/s since it was announced and i like the idea that its not locked down like the iphone is.
but i am now having doubts for a few reasons,
i had the G1 in my hand when i was in a t-mobile store, and the screen was very loose when it was opened so i could see the keyboard, it was not quite parallel with the phone. obviously thats a display model and will get bashed around a bit, but still, i am expecting to have it for 18months, so i assume mine would be like that by then.
i also can not believe that you can only store apps on the actual phone itself. that must be an oversight. hopefully that can be rectified in the o/s so i dont have to do it myself in terminal (assuming that you can get to the terminal on this device).
the battery life is not great (that may be an understatment) judging by some of the comments on this forum. and whearas normally i will be near a power supply (work pc, car, home etc...), what happens the times when i am out and about (when i would use things like gps), will the battery die on me if i try and connect to a wi-fi network or watch a movie!!
there are a few other things that i am not too impressed with as well, but not so much towards bugs as they were to be expected and hopefully will be ironed out fast with google's might behind it (remember that windows mobile only became really user friendly in the last couple of incarnations).
so in essence, are you all happy with the G1 and are the problems not as bad as some make out.
i could wait until the second lot of devices get released as i think its only going to be a few months, but no ones making any firm statements on that.
plus i dont want to wait ;-)