My review of the Android T-Mobile G1.

1. purchasing experience: pathetic. not easy to know where the devices were available,
2. support: very good, they sales person was very helpful at the topanga store
3. unpacking experience: pathetic : The box smelt like some petroleum product.

usability etc: not really great.

1. the speaker is on the other side of the screen, so when watching a video, the sound is a bit muffled
2. when new apps are installed from the market, they show up in the same space as the default apps, which makes it difficult to locate the default apps.
3. i expected the top status bar icons to be clickable/ responsive, but they are not.
i clicked the battery icon to get more info.. but no dice, that info is availalbe only in the phone status page.
4. the icons are very small any way may be some zooming like the OSX Dock would be nice.
5. the screen doesn't re orient based on how the phone is held, the phone can be held either with the buttons to your right or bottom.
6. the browser window screen is pathetic, all the windows are white with an X on them, it is not clear which window is selected.

Labels: android, G1, google, HTC, review, T-mobile

- posted by idunno @ 7:42 AM