T-Mobile Google Android G1
The G1 is the first handset to run on the Android operating system, It isn't the prettiest of handsets. The slide-out qwerty keypad delivers a cracking noise, and gives it a very Sidekick look. At 3.2-inches, or 320 x 480 resolution, the screen could do with a brighten-up. Of course it's touchscreen. There are three ways to control the G1, with the touchscreen, qwerty keypad or trackball, the latter not really proving necessary, as the touchscreen is the preferred method of input. With the web browser proving so addictive, it's expected the battery life will be fairly poor. The quoted standby time is 130 hours, talktime is listed as 5 hours. The 3.2-megapixel camera produces some nice photos, not particularly great standard, but just what you've come to expect from a mobile phone. Call quality was exceptional, with making and receiving calls proving to be crystal clear and with a make-no-mistakes loudness. The phone's internal memory of 256MB, instead of to the microSD card inhabiting the memory card slot. Speaking of the web browser, we've never known one to rival the iPhone's quite this much. Pages auto-format to the size of the screen, and when the menu button is pressed, you can hop between the various browsers you have open. Scrolling down pages with a light touch of the finger worked well, but clicking on links was like trying to draw blood from a stone - very difficult, and entirely frustrating.
