T-Mobile’s G1 Is Google-Centered, Ignores Video

October 17th, 2008

The T-Mobile G1 officially goes on sale Oct. 22, but reviews are already flooding in. Early reviews are polarized, with some signaling the first Google Android-based device is a true iPhone challenger, others calling it an iPhone rip-off, and still others expressing overall disappointment.The G1 touts touchscreen functionality, a QWERTY keyboard, and a Google-centric mobile Web experience. Google-centric means the phone comes fully loaded with Google Maps Street View, Gmail, YouTube and other popular Google software familiar to PC users.

“Whether or not you would want this phone is going to depend a lot on whether or not you are a Google customer and make use of tools like Gmail and Google Calendar,” said Michael Gartenberg, vice president of mobile strategy at Jupitermedia. “If you don’t, this is probably not the device for you.”

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