Part of the The Google Phone OS
Written by Daniel Nicolas. Posted on September 25th 2008
Google is in the process of making an open source operating system for high-tech phones called Android. Eventually, the high-tech phones of today will becomes common place, and Android will be on a majority of cellphones around the world.
HTC announced that it’s first phone to use Android, the G1, in partnership with T-Mobile will go on sale in October. The phone viewed next to the iPhone (it’s only real competitor, so far) is ugly and the applications so far are not that great compared to what has been developed for the iPhone currently.
Unless T-Mobile offers you an upgrade plan you can’t refuse, or a better monthly deal than AT&T, there is no reason to rush to get the G1. It may be the first phone to use Android, but luckily for us, that’s where it’s advantages stop. The next Android phones will (hopefully) be better looking, more useful, and, following more time for Android application development, have much better applications.
I think the G1 is a nice start and definitely gives people somewhat of an option to pick between the iphone and the G1, but falls short of having that “instant favorite” appeal that the iPhone did. However, I think this is a great way for Google to introduce consumers to the Android OS without putting all their eggs into a single cell phone basket.
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