Be Excellent To Each Other

Who here has a G1? Is it super mega good? How much do they cost?

INFORMATION ME.

Me (and some others).
Yes.
£31.50 per month if you order online (although it seems to come to less than that).

Me. They're alright, but I miss my N95. They are quite cheap, like what Joans said.

Things that make me mad:
The battery isn't that good
Google Maps is shit on it (seriously now, it's a fucking Google phone, and the N95 Google Map puts it right to shame)
You can't back your stuff up worth a shit
The camera is crap
No multi-touch or headphone socket (because Apple are gits and Google are chickens)
It's not my N95

Things that are good:
The keyboard
The marketplace
The Micro-SD memory
Big update coming soon
Mini-USB charging

However, you realise the "G2" HTC Magic is coming out soon on Vodafone?

Y'all think £30 per month is cheap? Blimey.

I suppose it would cost something ridiculous on PAYG then. (And no heaphone socket? The heck?)

You can pay £20 a month and get it for £100. It doesn't seem to be on PAYG.
(And yes, fucksake, without wanting to get into a tedious argument, Apple (sort of) have a patent on phones with headphone jacks so when Google sent them the G1 and said "is there anything on here you don't like?" (I'm not making this up) they said "Yeah, the headphone socket and the multi-touch" and Google being pussies got rid of them. You plug headphones in via an adaptor).

Doesn't the Nokia 5800 have 3.5mm jack plug socket?

It's a fuckload of phone for that money.

Tell them about the LED/vibrate customise dialog!

He's really not making this up. Apple own a patent on running music remote control over a standard 3.5mm jack plug, as opposed to using an extra wire or a little stub plugged in alongside it. As Google's CEO is an Apple board member, sources indicate they ran the design of the G1 past Apple to see if it violated any patents. Either they knew already and never put a standard headphone jack on, or they were asked to remove it by Apple. No-one seems to know.

Same thing with multitouch.

I don't understand why they didn't have a standard 3.5mm jack with a little two-prong connector next to it, like my old Sharp minidisc player had, though. That'd be more useful than the weird HTC thing the G1 has (which looks like a mini USB port but has a few extra connections; their Windows Mobile phones have these too) and can't cause any problems at Apple.

iPhones get you hot chicks though, right?

Yeah. Clearly I'm drowning in them. Look.

The HTC Magic has been released by Vodaphone - £30 a month and a free phone - not too bad.
http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/shop/mobile- ... _evt=click

New Cupcake software was sent to me this morning. So far, it's quicker, prettier and nicer to use.

*Drums fingers impatiently*
*Looks at phone*
*Drums fingers again, a little harder this time*

Great news - the camera seems much improved: http://phodroid.com/09/05/2p9k2d

*drums fingers impat-*
Wait, what's this...

First Impressions -
IM has been replaced by Google Talk (which pretty much seems the same at first glance)
You can add a folder of contacts to your desktop (for want of a better word)
Camcorder application
On screen keyboard
Upload videos to youtube and pictures to picasa
Separate volumes for phone call and notifications

Having more of a play now...

Edit - There's a tutorial for the on-screen keyboard and GJ has just discovered airplane mode.

Oh yeah - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mc0Zp89lf4
Too much compression for my liking.