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Die hard Blackberry user here. Had everything on TMO for blackberry since the 7105t. Last phone was the Curve. I even was a moderator at a blackberry forum! Leap of faith here, I don't think it will let me down.
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nokia 3650 to the nokia 6260 to an LG flip phone (550?) to a blackjack to an HTC Dash & now I have a G1. What a list!!
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I love the g1
Me too. I've owned a few Nokia S60 phones (which I did in fact like), a couple Nokia non-S60 phones (which I didn't tend to like), a Samsung, and a few Motorola's (and, way back in the day, I had an Ericson phone as well). I've also casually used (but didn't own) various WinMo and Palm/Treo phones, and an iPhone.
By far, the G1 is the best of the bunch. I'm QUITE happy with it as it is.
That doesn't mean I think it's perfect, though. The only 3 things I really feel are shortcomings are:
- dpad instead of the infrernal trackball (but at least it's not a joystick!),
- tethering of some kind (pref. all 4 kinds: wifi, BT-DUN, BT-PAN, and USB), and
- SyncML client (so I can sync it to my work calendar ... though, if Google Calendar itself had a "SyncML to remote Calendar", the same way Gmail can retrieve messages from other sources via POP, that'd be even better).
Of course, 2 of those are Android issues, and not G1 issues. Only the trackball is the fault of the G1 itself.
Lesser issues, barely worth complaining about, IMO:
- I'm not as bothered by the battery, but when T-Mobile starts selling the external "back-up" pocket charger next week, I'll probably get it "just in case". I'd rather use that than have a bulky higher-capacity battery stuck inside the phone.
- The chin design (not the angle, the fact that there's nothing at the other end of the phone to give symetric hand feel, the fact that the miniUSB port sticks right out into your hand, and the fact that the depth of the drop from the chin to the keyboard could/should be more shallow). Part of it is dictated by being an "arc slide" instead of a "straight slide", but I don't consider the arc slide to be a major plus, so I would consider symetry to be more important than accomodating the arc sliding movement.
That said, the Touch Pro does look rather sexy. If it had a bigger screen (and smaller button area), touch screen, T-Mobile 3G, and ran Android, I'd almost certainly buy it. It has the dpad and a straight slide with no chin at all, both wins IMO. If it had all of that, plus 2 SIM card slots and could do both T-Mobile and AT&T 3G, I'd definitely buy it.
But, I doubt I'll be buying a non-Android phone any time soon.
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Unfortunately, it'll have MS. But there's still good news to that. I've already installed some apps to enhance my phone. It's great!
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The last 3 yrs I have stayed with HTC. Had the T-Mo SDA which finally gave up a month before getting thr G1. That phone went through a lot of abuse from being dropped a million times. My fault cuz I like to twirl the phone with one hand when I am walkin around out of habit (similar to a pen). I only done it with the G1 once but realized the touch screen could get accidentally be pressed.
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No not one of the new ones. I had the old school original razr. Mine was busted up. the exterior LCD had been smashed and the hinge was broken and held together by duct tape. I held off buying a new phone for 8 months while I waited on a decent open phone. I almost bought an open moko phone but those jackasses wanted 600+ $ for a phone and the developer kit and the phone did not even have a camera. I am so glad I waited for this phone. Not crazy about the hardware but I love this os.
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