More User Review.....

[RussianSolja]

Got this off another forums.....


I got to use a G1 today(I work for T-mobile) at work for a few hours.

It was well built and responsive. Voice quality was very good. It was as good or better than my dash, better than my wife's blackberry.

The phone feels solid and the screen slider is very solid. The soft touch finish on the back feels good.

The touchscreen was responsive and the phone responded quickly to input.

The data speeds were quick, averaging right around 700kps over 3 speedtests (dslreports.com/mspeed). (Pretty Fast For 3G)

The web browser was nice, formatted pages well and loaded quickly, things looked very similar to the pages on the iphone
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Email is great on the Gmail client, push email worked as well as push on blackberry when sending test messages to the phone. This is the best email on a phone I have seen, I have used Windows mobile, blackberry, and played with the iphone.

Android market works very well, easy to find apps. They are sorted by category and searchable. Easy to download and install.

Overall I was impressed.

The things that I did not like,

I don't like the analog clock widget on the home screen. This is a personal taste issue, and the other people at my work liked it. There is no other clock widget available at this time. (BLAH DAMN BIG CLOCK GO AWAY!)

When installing an app it does not give you an option to install it to the memory card. On Windows Mobile I install apps that are not used everyday to the memory card and those that are used on a daily basis to the phone memory. (Why cant no one figure out where the apps install to?)

The keyboard is offset the the left of the phone and you have to reach over the controls on the right to use the slide out keyboard. It annoys me since the controls could have been mounted on the slider and not been in the way. ( i can see how that may be)


Overall I am impressed with Android as an operating system, and have only minor complaints about the physical device.
Battery life was not great but it was not fully charged and I was using it heavily for about 8 hours. (8 hours is good enough for me!!!)

There is no internet sharing out of the box, we will have to wait for someone to write an app.

There is no way to bypass the google login. When the phone boots up you have to login or create an account. If you absolutely don't want to set up a google account your only option is to return the phone during the return period.

Ill try to update this, feel free to post any specific questions and ill try to answer them over the next couple of days.

[King Leo]

Lucky!!!...

[PHAlosopher]

Thanks for the review! So far the dislikes that i've read have been more so on a minor level compared to what could be big and serious issues!

[RussianSolja]

these reviews sounds better then the iphone if he said he got a full 8 hours out of the phone on half a charged battery... them im figureing about 12 hours on a full battery 12 hours is good enough for me listen coming from the t-mobile dash the ANDROID is a big step for me

[embrace LB]

I don't like the analog clock widget on the home screen. This is a personal taste issue, and the other people at my work liked it. There is no other clock widget available at this time.

I agree to that, 100% !

When installing an app it does not give you an option to install it to the memory card. On Windows Mobile I install apps that are not used everyday to the memory card and those that are used on a daily basis to the phone memory.

The keyboard is offset the the left of the phone and you have to reach over the controls on the right to use the slide out keyboard. It annoys me since the controls could have been mounted on the slider and not been in the way.

Both might be a problem, definitely don't like the fact that i won't be able to choose where i want to save my app or install.
& i thought about the right side panel being an issue, making it feel a bit weird since its offset, almost like missing an arm.



Thanks for the review though !

[RussianSolja]

your welcome... you know... not for nothing but now that i kinda think about it... why buy a 16GB memory card if you cant save apps to the card.... i wonder what else u cant store to the card?!?!?

[Absolute]

cant u install the apps then check the memory card to see if anything is installed on there? I mean you shouldn't HAVE to do that...but it could work. They need a resco type file browser app.

[swaney29]

since its the actual app store.. the will fix that immediately.. so u will be able to store it on the sd

[FrescoKID]

for the huge clock it can be removed by long pressing it, and dragging it to the thrash logo on the right hand side of the screen, but this review is just making me want my g1 even more

[gaston]

cool!
thi sis my very first post!
you mention something about login the very first time to gmail...
is this a constant thing? as in like you need a internet connection to "turn on" your phone? EVERYTIME or is this a one time thing?
what if i was out of service and no WiFi??!!! i wont be able to turn it on? ( I know i wont be able to make calls) but what if i just want to listen to music or something???

thanks!