T-mobile G1

I’ve had my T-mobile G1 by HTC for about a week now, I’ve only had a bit of a play about with it so far. I’ve been amazing friends and relatives with its amazing applications. Yesterday I found out there was soon going to be a new mobile phone using the android platform which will be launching in January 2009.

I think the phones got an amazingly cool design, really easy to use touch screen functions in my opinion better than the iPhone although only 6 months ago I would have argued that no current phone is better than the apple iPhone, well.. here it is, the T-Mobile G1.

So far I’ve downloaded and I’m actively using the following applications.

fBook:

A facebook application got Android, baseiccly makes the M.Facebook.com system work a lot easier and faster with your Andorid phone also, your phone vibrates when you get a facebook message as well as the fact you can upload photos directly from your phone to Facebook.

FotMob:

This is a great application for football (Soccer) fans, you can get all the data from leagues, top goal scorers, fixtures, tables and a feature which I am yet to test out is the live matches options.

iMeem:

iMeem is a social network that enables users to discover, interact and express themselves
with media, including music, video and photos, and form connections based on shared tastes and interests.
The app lets you find the most listened to music in your local area which is a nice touch I think.

PAC-MAN by Namco:

The original pacman game from Namco is included in the android app market on the G1, pretty much everyone who checks out my phone always think its cool to play pacman for about 30 seconds and then there bored.

Meebo:

Meebo is a really cool online IM app which I use quite frequently use, it lets you connect with IM services such as MSN Messenger, AIM, Yahoo ect..

Shopsavvy:

Shopsavvy is a really cool app that I’ve been using recently mainly for Xmas shopping and looking just randomly scanning bar codes of products in shop and around the office. The other day I was in Toys’r'us and I was getting weird looks from people when I was holding my phone up against a board game. Baseicly what ShopSavvy does is lets you scan a bar code of a product and then makes a comparison of the product and shows you in a list where you can buy it cheaply from e.g if it was a video game it would search Clubit retail, Amazon and Play.com it Also compares prices locally too and tells you about shops near by selling the product.

Recently T-Mobile have cut the cost of the G1 Google phone from HTC, making it available for free on cheaper monthly mobile contracts. I was originally going to get a white one because I thought it would be pretty cool but when going into the T-Mobile shop I thought the white version looked pretty tacky and looked like it was cheaply made and I’ve also heard rumors that it goes a weird brown color after a few months…

Previously, prospective buyers of the handset had to pay a £40 monthly fee on an 18-month contract. However, T-Mobile has reduced the cost of the mobile phone by £10, allowing consumers to acquire the phone for £30 each month.

The company has stated that existing G1 customers will be able to switch to one of the new price plans by phoning T-Mobile’s customer services.

It is hoped that the lower price will lead to sustained interest in the unit and boost sales in the run-up to Christmas. The firm has denied that the price reduction is due to a decline in sales or disappointing figures.

However, analysts have suggested that the G1 has had less of an impact in the UK than the US.
Experts believe that this is because T-Mobile invested in a larger marketing campaign in the US, which has led to the G1 and Google Android platform causing “more of a stir so far”.

T-Mobile said it has chosen to cut costs to “offer the device free with a £30 contract to make the pricing more competitive in light of recent device launches”.
This is despite the firm being “well on track to achieve sales forecasts”.
Samsung and LG have both released new smartphones in the past two months.
LG’s Renoir and the Samsung Pixon both have eight-megapixel cameras and are operated using a touchscreen.

I’ve got the £35 a month contract which gets me unlimited texts and mobile browsing, 700minutes and a free HTC T-mobile G1 phone with Android which in my opinion is better than the Apple iPhone.