you missed the boat, obviously. most people on tmobile are sidekick users and it looks like a sidekick. most people buying them think they are buying the new sidekick.
you wand a real phone, get a real phone. not a sidekick with a sooped up OS.
Why is everyone being so damn bitchy. He was excited. Everyone has their own features that they cannot do without, like a certain contact manager or sling box app or anything of the sort. Maybe AIM is a cheaper and more private way of having a conversation with someone then talking, for example on a bus or on the subway. Also, like he said, he paid for it, why the f*uck can't he want a feature? Sounds more like "I can't have one so you shouldn't get one either, especially if you'd use it differently from me" talk again.
Um. "Most" T-Mobile users *you* know, perhaps. Most of the people I know who use (yours truly included) T-Mo, do not.
In the time I spent with it, I've characterized it as a grown folks Sidekick. I really don't consider that a bad thing....all the WinMo HTC sets are basically that anyway.
The system seemed to be choppy compared to the iPhone at first. The more I used it, the smoother it seemed though. 'Droid is, to me, what the iOS could have been. It reminds me of a mobile Gnome (in fact, based on kernel 2.6.something.something). Not perfect, but on it's way.
I nitpicked the hardware at first. Now, I just really wish they'd made the screen and trackball end all one piece, CENTERED and stretched the keypad out, put spacebar buttons on both sides of it (so you're not searching for it in the middle), and made them sumbitches reach further out toward one's digits - there's some space for it under the screen. And frankly, the olay-swoop-action of the screen could've been left to the Sidekicks...oh, and the buttons could be bigger. So, I'd say all the reviews are pretty much on.
All that said, I think it's a good device, at $299 for the upgrade, though - I don't quite agree. I'm going to call and chat with cust serv to see if I can get the $120 difference back. At $149 or under (which is where I'm suspicious this will appear 'round the 12th month holidays), I'd say jump all over it. Android itself is a really nice experience - as long as it stays open.
Oh, in reference to the AIM question, I'd say it runs just fine. Better if you've got a Wi-Fi connection o'course. There doesn't seem to be a 3G connection out here in the suburban boro. I'll comment once I play with it in Manhattan tomorrow.
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So you bought a G1 for AIM... And you're debating even opening the box... You're the last person who should have one of these...
you missed the boat, obviously. most people on tmobile are sidekick users and it looks like a sidekick. most people buying them think they are buying the new sidekick.
you wand a real phone, get a real phone. not a sidekick with a sooped up OS.
just wait until xda or someone ports it over.
Why is everyone being so damn bitchy. He was excited. Everyone has their own features that they cannot do without, like a certain contact manager or sling box app or anything of the sort. Maybe AIM is a cheaper and more private way of having a conversation with someone then talking, for example on a bus or on the subway. Also, like he said, he paid for it, why the f*uck can't he want a feature? Sounds more like "I can't have one so you shouldn't get one either, especially if you'd use it differently from me" talk again.
Um. "Most" T-Mobile users *you* know, perhaps. Most of the people I know who use (yours truly included) T-Mo, do not.
In the time I spent with it, I've characterized it as a grown folks Sidekick. I really don't consider that a bad thing....all the WinMo HTC sets are basically that anyway.
The system seemed to be choppy compared to the iPhone at first. The more I used it, the smoother it seemed though. 'Droid is, to me, what the iOS could have been. It reminds me of a mobile Gnome (in fact, based on kernel 2.6.something.something). Not perfect, but on it's way.
I nitpicked the hardware at first. Now, I just really wish they'd made the screen and trackball end all one piece, CENTERED and stretched the keypad out, put spacebar buttons on both sides of it (so you're not searching for it in the middle), and made them sumbitches reach further out toward one's digits - there's some space for it under the screen. And frankly, the olay-swoop-action of the screen could've been left to the Sidekicks...oh, and the buttons could be bigger. So, I'd say all the reviews are pretty much on.
All that said, I think it's a good device, at $299 for the upgrade, though - I don't quite agree. I'm going to call and chat with cust serv to see if I can get the $120 difference back. At $149 or under (which is where I'm suspicious this will appear 'round the 12th month holidays), I'd say jump all over it. Android itself is a really nice experience - as long as it stays open.
Oh, in reference to the AIM question, I'd say it runs just fine. Better if you've got a Wi-Fi connection o'course. There doesn't seem to be a 3G connection out here in the suburban boro. I'll comment once I play with it in Manhattan tomorrow.