Walt Mossberg's GPhone positives & ngatives
Walt Mossberg on businessinsider.com look at the pros and cons on the Gphone.
"I have been testing the G1 extensively, in multiple cities and in multiple scenarios. In general, I like it and consider it a worthy competitor to the iPhone... But the two devices have different strengths and weaknesses, and are likely to attract different types of users."
Mossberg's GPhone positives:
* Keyboard. Keys too flat and weird bulge in body, but at least there's a keyboard.
* Removable battery.
* Expandable memory.
* Cheaper. Phone $179 vs. Apple $199, Data plan $25 vs $30.
* Equally slick software.
* Better "desktop."
* Higher-res camera.
* Much easier to make telephone calls. Imagine that.
* Key features that Apple bizarrely still omits: cut-and-paste, MMS,
* Ability to legally unlock and go to another carrier (with fat fee)
* Longer-lasting battery. A whole day. Imagine that.
* Slightly longer talk time. (5 hours, 19 minutes more)
* Wicked cool compass that orients you on map.
Mossberg's G1 downsides:
* Chunky brick. 20% heavier, 30% thicker.
* Puny memory. 1 gig, one eighth of iPhone.
* Only 128 mg memory for third-party apps.
* Too much lock-in with Google services (contacts, calendar)
* No Microsoft Exchange support
* Can't sync with PC or Mac
* Overall, interface inferior (no two-finger zoom magic)
* No onscreen keyboard, so have to use bulky external keyboard.
* Weak music player, no video player
* T-Mobile network coverage sucks.
http://www.businessinsider.com/2008/10/google-android-g1-gphone-as-good-as-apple-iphone-says-gadget-king-mossberg
"I have been testing the G1 extensively, in multiple cities and in multiple scenarios. In general, I like it and consider it a worthy competitor to the iPhone... But the two devices have different strengths and weaknesses, and are likely to attract different types of users."
Mossberg's GPhone positives:
* Keyboard. Keys too flat and weird bulge in body, but at least there's a keyboard.
* Removable battery.
* Expandable memory.
* Cheaper. Phone $179 vs. Apple $199, Data plan $25 vs $30.
* Equally slick software.
* Better "desktop."
* Higher-res camera.
* Much easier to make telephone calls. Imagine that.
* Key features that Apple bizarrely still omits: cut-and-paste, MMS,
* Ability to legally unlock and go to another carrier (with fat fee)
* Longer-lasting battery. A whole day. Imagine that.
* Slightly longer talk time. (5 hours, 19 minutes more)
* Wicked cool compass that orients you on map.
Mossberg's G1 downsides:
* Chunky brick. 20% heavier, 30% thicker.
* Puny memory. 1 gig, one eighth of iPhone.
* Only 128 mg memory for third-party apps.
* Too much lock-in with Google services (contacts, calendar)
* No Microsoft Exchange support
* Can't sync with PC or Mac
* Overall, interface inferior (no two-finger zoom magic)
* No onscreen keyboard, so have to use bulky external keyboard.
* Weak music player, no video player
* T-Mobile network coverage sucks.
http://www.businessinsider.com/2008/10/google-android-g1-gphone-as-good-as-apple-iphone-says-gadget-king-mossberg
