Comments on: Live blog: First Google Android phone is unveiled

T-Mobile USA shows off the first device to run Google's long-awaited mobile operating system, Android. CNET News reports from the event in New York.

[anilsudh]

No tethering!!!

[anilsudh]

Locked to T-Mobile

[salmanj1]

i'm sure you could make tethering apps since it's open source

[anilsudh]

Sure you can make apps but T-Mobile will not allow it, because it will break the terms of service.

[Vegaman_Dan]

"Sure you can make apps but T-Mobile will not allow it, because it will break the terms of service."

And that stopped people from jailbreaking the iPhone how?

This looks very promising indeed.

[haub123]

that plan is wayyyyyyyy expensive

[garce1]

how do you figure? i see unlimited web and messaging at $35, and you can get a 600 minute plan with unlimited nights and weekends for another $39.99. thats $75 a month. from what i understand, $75 bucks for the iphone would get you 200 messages, 450 anytime minutes, and 5000 night and weekend minutes. I know there are differences.
i dont think its wayyyyyyyyy expensive, unless you are currently using a tracphone. The plan tmobile offers is not too bad.

[DeathsOverture]

I want this phone so much but I don't want to swtich carriers!

[alt117]

how come no mention of the amazon music store. no drm. looks good.

[gr3gg0r]

is it no tethering as in .. it's against the terms of service? If that's the case, couldn't t-mobile kill your service if you're caught tethering? But then how would they catch you ...

[anilsudh]

They have Google spy satellites watching your every move.

[sevort]

Basically, it's a Sidekick with Google maps.

[alt117]

plus a touch screen, push gmail, download music, play youtube videos, 3 mp camera, web browser, third party apps. Other than that, just like the a 3g sidekick.

[AlanHub]

I never knew that you could develop your own firmware on a sidekick, gosh i got to "get with the times" eh?

[mykick22]

I would so get rid of the sidekick for this..but does this mean that there will be a 3g sidekick? If there is, I hope it's better than the LX and the 2008, both of which have HORRIBLE reception. I can't wait to try one of these in the stores...would be great if I could see the live conference video, as of yet it's not available..


http://announcement.t-mobileg1.com/#

[doggiepowers]

hmm the plan is a bit expensive. but its probably because when it comes to the sidekick plan danger/hiptop houses everything. in this case i don't think thats happening. i'm just really really glad that they have something like the sidekick keyboard. now i might actually get it. some people just have no idea how superior the sidekick keyboard is.

[buggermenot]

"The G1 will be able to be used internationally. It has a dual-band radio for UMTS and a quad-band radio for GSM."

Yeah, except for the FACT that it's LOCKED to T-Mobile. That said, at least T-Mobile is reasonable about unlocking their phones for customers. If you call Cincinnati Bell up and ask them to give you an unlock code to use your phone (that was even advertised as being a "world phone") overseas, they'll pretend that they don't even know what an unlock code is, or what you're talking about.

[emooney]

Will there be a GPS turn by turn navigation app? That does traffic??

[alt117]

Can order G1 now on mytmobile. $179 black or brown, no white. Plus $18 "upgrade fee" free shipping on Oct 22.

[bob1xxxx]

Hmmmm no I'd most like wait to the 3rd generation of this phone ( all the bugs and security issue and phone hardware issues worked out) It just looks like one o htc's warmed over winblows moblie phones? Uh..... no.

[fletchb]

" Then there will be a $35 plan, with unlimited messaging and Internet access. It will require a voice plan, and it can't be used as a tethered modem. The phone will be locked to the T-Mobile network. Brodman said "

Doesn't sound too open to me.

[jypeterson]

The data plan is similar to the Blackberry/iPhone plans. Texting is slightly less expensive with Tmobile, but overall, there isn't much difference in the plans. No surprises here...

[robvme]

Sounds kind of boring. Why did it take so long to come out with this? You can't even get corporate mail from an Exchange server and can't tether, who is the phone aimed at? There are plenty of phones already on the market that do all of this and more.

[AnthonyNYC]

the article said it is aimed at the consumer market.
Perfect for me, my T-Mobile contract was about to expire this month, and I was considering an iPhone, but like T-Mobile service a lot, so it was a no brainer, 2 year extension and $179 and only about $15 more for data plan since I already was paying a text plan and a limited web e-mail plan.
Now I will get full internet, google searches at laptop speeds because of android OS and google maps gps with street view, sweet, no need for new Garmin now.
I love the threaded e-mail and direct push feature with g-mail, what else do I need?
I don't need tethering, this will be my internet device, no need to carry bulky laptop for internet, or e-mail any longer.
My music can be kept on cheap 2gb microSD cards in categories like albums or genres also, and for me, the multitasking and speed is the best feature.
I hate typing a text only to have a call come in and mess me up or something like that.
So I am sold, I guess it is aimed at people like me.
:)

[Vegaman_Dan]

Cheaper than the iPhone in hardware, has the missing hardware features the iPhone lacks, and has a cheaper data plan.

This could be the first real iPhone killer out there. It should definitely make people hesitate before making blind decisions based on hype.

I may have to seriously look at this as my replacement for the Razr.

[samkass]

None of the iPhone owners I know made any blind decisions based on hype. In terms of usability we'll now see real comparisons, instead of actual shipping product vs. geeks dreams of what Android might someday be. I think iPhone will win handily. The interface looks like something warmed over from the early 90's.

[pwnvds]

I have a Razr too, and I've ordered the G1. I've been looking for a good smartphone type replacement for a while, and I think this is it. The logical side of my brain tells me to wait 3-6 months until there are other options - even HTC itself has nicer looking models - but my emotional side says that I need this NOW. Razr is a solid performer for basic functions, even for basic web surfing with T-Mobile T-zones, but I need to join the 21st century.

[globalist_agenda]

My car only works with Shell gasoline. That's basically where we are with cellular communications. The Oligarchs run telco.

[johnqh]

Feels like a WM/Palm killer to me.

It will be very difficult for Palm to survive the next two years.