When does the next G1 come out?
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There are rumors that the HTC "Magic" will become the T-Mobile G2.
If these are correct, then this rumored G2 will be 33% slimmer and 20% lighter than the G1 but won't have a keyboard. Aside from this, the specs appear more or less the same.
The HTC "Magic":
http://www.engadget.com/2009/0...vodafone-sans-keyboar/
and the rumors that the "Magic" is the G2:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/0...ly-us-bound-htc-magic/
I haven't heard any other recent rumors of a "G2".
If these are correct, then this rumored G2 will be 33% slimmer and 20% lighter than the G1 but won't have a keyboard. Aside from this, the specs appear more or less the same.
The HTC "Magic":
http://www.engadget.com/2009/0...vodafone-sans-keyboar/
and the rumors that the "Magic" is the G2:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/0...ly-us-bound-htc-magic/
I haven't heard any other recent rumors of a "G2".
gorcorps
aka Brandon
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The 'G2' or HTC Magic is supposedly due out this summer. But it's quite a bit different in that it no longer will have a physical keyboard. If that was a feature of the G1 you liked then jump on it now, but first I have a quick Q for you. Have you tried it out? I was pretty interested until I handled one in the store and it seemed quite flimsy and fragile. Especially when it's 'opened' and the keyboard is exposed. It seems like a loose screen could become a problem down the road.
Beat you by seconds, gocorps 
My assessment matched your gocorps. When you flip open the keyboard, the phone feels light cheap plastic. It doesn't feel "substantial" enough and the screen has too much "give" on it. That said, I know three people who have had G1's since they released in late Oct 2008 and they haven't had any issues with the sturdiness of the phone.
I like the UI of the G1 though - the whole multi-screen thing along with the "drawers" concept or whatever it's called is slick. The touchscreen seemed responsive - although the gestures in apps like the maps weren't as intuitive as the iPhones IMHO. I've heard the G1's Appstore is getting better. The apps that I saw looked good. Surfing the web on the browser worked very well - although I got tripped up by things that I had gotten used to on the iPhone. I like that it's not made by Apple and that it's fairly easy to modify lower level functionality of the phone (and, yes, I love my iPhone, but Apple's control issues with the iPhone irritate me). The proprietary headphone jack is a minor annoyance. I've heard the battery life isn't great - but to me battery life falls into two camps: charge it every night, and charge it once a week. The latter is obviously much better than the former. I don't quibble over one phone being 9 hours of battery life and another being 14. To me, they are both "charge every night" phones. I like the removeable SD card for memory - I always prefer SD cards to Apple's integrated memory thing. Everyone that I know with a G1 loves their phone - I know three people with them.
Overall, I think the G1 is an excellent choice. But I agree with Gocorps and highly recommend that you spend at least 15 minutes goofing around with the G1 in the store. But I recommend that with any phone.
My assessment matched your gocorps. When you flip open the keyboard, the phone feels light cheap plastic. It doesn't feel "substantial" enough and the screen has too much "give" on it. That said, I know three people who have had G1's since they released in late Oct 2008 and they haven't had any issues with the sturdiness of the phone.
I like the UI of the G1 though - the whole multi-screen thing along with the "drawers" concept or whatever it's called is slick. The touchscreen seemed responsive - although the gestures in apps like the maps weren't as intuitive as the iPhones IMHO. I've heard the G1's Appstore is getting better. The apps that I saw looked good. Surfing the web on the browser worked very well - although I got tripped up by things that I had gotten used to on the iPhone. I like that it's not made by Apple and that it's fairly easy to modify lower level functionality of the phone (and, yes, I love my iPhone, but Apple's control issues with the iPhone irritate me). The proprietary headphone jack is a minor annoyance. I've heard the battery life isn't great - but to me battery life falls into two camps: charge it every night, and charge it once a week. The latter is obviously much better than the former. I don't quibble over one phone being 9 hours of battery life and another being 14. To me, they are both "charge every night" phones. I like the removeable SD card for memory - I always prefer SD cards to Apple's integrated memory thing. Everyone that I know with a G1 loves their phone - I know three people with them.
Overall, I think the G1 is an excellent choice. But I agree with Gocorps and highly recommend that you spend at least 15 minutes goofing around with the G1 in the store. But I recommend that with any phone.
In the second link above, there's a photo of a Magic with a T-Mobile logo on it. And the logo on the Magic in the photo is not Germany's T-Mobile logo - it's the US T-Mobile logo. That's the source of the Magic => G2 rumors... we'll see.
To me the endorsement of a person who has owned it for a while is worth a lot. So, now I know 4 people who own G1's and love them.
ok, I have one now! Seems like a iPhone with a keypad to me. I am happy so far. Not as intuative as I would like but that is really more likely the number features it has to juggle, not a poor ability to juggle.
Deeko
Lifer
- Jun 16, 2000
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Apps I would recommend from the market:
Craigslist
DroidSans Tweak Lite
Exact Call Log
Hello AIM!
My Tracks
Opera Mini
PhoneFlix
Quote Pro
Ringdroid
Scoreboard
Shazam
ShopSavvy
ChompSMS
SMS Backup
SMS Popup
The Weather Channel
ToggleBlu
ToggleGPS
ToggleWifi
Twidroid
Deeko
Lifer
- Jun 16, 2000
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I believe there are apps in the market that do it fine - in fact I read that there is even a near full-fledged Exchange app on there now. I honestly haven't tried it though - I use gmail for all of my personal email/contacts/calendar, and I have a work-sponsored data-only Blackberry for exchange at work.
Wow, these are really cool!
Ok, now for the dumb questions:
If I don't own a bluetool, shouldn't I turn off Bluetooth all the time?
Do I need that app to turn it off?
Is the GPS on or off automatically with apps using it?
WiFi- um? So, Does this only turn on when I need it for web browsing, or not?
Ok, now for the dumb questions:
If I don't own a bluetool, shouldn't I turn off Bluetooth all the time?
Do I need that app to turn it off?
Is the GPS on or off automatically with apps using it?
WiFi- um? So, Does this only turn on when I need it for web browsing, or not?
Deeko
Lifer
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-Yes, you should keep bluetooth off if you aren't using it. You don't need the app to do it, its in the settings, the app is just easier as a shortcut if you do it frequently
-I believe GPS is on by default. If you turn it off (via either settings or toggleGPS) it will make a best effort to guess where you are based on the tower
-WIFI will always be on and either connected or scanning if you have it enabled. Things like gmail sync still use the connection, its not just browsing
-I believe GPS is on by default. If you turn it off (via either settings or toggleGPS) it will make a best effort to guess where you are based on the tower
-WIFI will always be on and either connected or scanning if you have it enabled. Things like gmail sync still use the connection, its not just browsing
vshah
Lifer
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get the togglewifi app. it puts a notification in the bar if wifi is enabled but not connected / wasting battery life. i have shortcuts to all the toggle apps on a home screen, and just turn on wifi right before i need to do some intense browsing.
also, get "locale" it lets you customize your phones status (ringers, wifi, bt, gps, screen brightness) based on your location. so, you can have it automatically silence itself whenever you go to work etc. pretty cool
(i just got mine 3 days back
)also, i've noticed that if the phone is sleeping, and wifi is enabled, it will sleep the wifi connection while the phone is sleeping. pressing a key, i notice that it quickly reconnects when i wake the phone up
Spineshank
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- Jun 8, 2001
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Some of those are really cool. Too bad i barely get service where i work. Now i have to remember to download them when i get home.
yllus
Elite Member & Lifer
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My office asked me to investigate and do a writeup of this situation in the company's blog. Here it is reposted on my personal site:
Microsoft Exchange (with ActiveSync) support arrives for T-Mobile G1
Shortly thereafter I was also contacted by someone at Wrike Inc. about their product, ContactsCalendarSync, which does what the product name implies.
Pliablemoose
Lifer
- Oct 11, 1999
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I have am iPhone & a G1, I'm sticking with the G1, and when the Magic is released, I'll get one of those.
I still hate Apple, although I own their stock
I still hate Apple, although I own their stock
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