Cellphone & Smartphone Weblog
Header image

You must have heard about the Android operating system from the stables of Google. The T-Mobile G1 is the first phone that uses this operating system and is also referred to as the “Googlephone”. A large touch sensitive display makes this cellphone easy to use and the slide out panel reveals a full qwerty keyboard. Look under the hood of this mobile and you will be amazed at the power it packs. Compared to its low price, the 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus will please the purchasers of this mobile that has a 65,000 colors 3.2 inches TFT display at 480 x 320 pixels. The MP3 player of this phone supports a wide variety of song formats including MP3, AAC, AMR, WMA, MIDI, WAV, OGG Vorbis and M4A.

T-Mobile G1

You’ll enjoy its MP3 ringtones but the fun of polyphony will be missed. However at the price this mobile is available, one should not complain, especially when they it has SMS, MMS, Gmail and Instant Messaging capabilities. The handsfree speaker helps when one has to talk while driving. The inbuilt memory is a 2GB microSD card (expandable to 8GB). Connectivity is via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and USB. Internet accessibility is via GPRS, EDGE, 3G HSDPA (7.2 Mbps). This is a Quadband phone hence you can use it anywhere in the world. With talktime up to 5 hours and standby up to 130 hours, this smartphone packs a punch for its price. The weight is a bit on the heavy side at 158 grams.