Google’s new mobile phone development is finally avialble in the UK. Exclusive on the T-Mobile Network. The T-Mobile G1 aims to redefine what it means to be kept in the loop and is looking at making a challenge to Apple iPhone for the next generation of mobile phones. The new Google G1 phone is available in Black or White.
With the new T-Mobile G1 phone, mobile Internet services are at your fingertips with a quick one-touch access to GmailTM, YouTubeTM, Google TalkTM and Google CalendarTM. Explore even more of the world with detailed street, traffic and satellite views via integrated Google MapsTM.
The T-Mobile G1 has a crisp 3.2″ display. The touch-sensitive navigation is finger friendly and super intuitive, if you prefer you can swing it out of the way to use the full five-row QWERTY keyboard.
G1 delivers an extraordinary browsing experience. The G1′s browser comes with a clever multi-page window pane; it lets you surf multiple websites at the same time. Drag the page around with your finger to pan, or move from one link or textbox to another with the handy trackball positioned perfectly for your thumb. And don’t worry about waiting for pages to load. The G1 is equipped with 3.5G and Wi-Fi technology… seamlessly switching to always offer you the best connection.
The new Google back mobile phone is exclusive to T-Mobile in the UK and cost £40 a Month, with this you get 800 free minutes and unlimted text messages on a 18 month contract. Available now at:
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Google G1 Mobile Phone
The arrival of the G1 Android signals the opening round of the battle between Google and its rivals, like Nokia and Apple, to create software for the next generation of mobile phones that allows users to connect seamlessly with the internet.In techie speak, well Google words a Android platform is software stack for mobile devices including an operating system, middleware and key applications. Developers can create applications for the platform using the Android SDK. Applications are written using the Java programming language and run on Dalvik, a custom virtual machine designed for embedded use, which runs on top of a Linux kernel.
A Google spokesman said that, these days, using phones “does not just mean a phone call, but rather access to the world’s information” and that mobiles will be one of the most important ways to connect to the internet in future. The new Google Mobile Phone does not seem to offer a ground-breaking feature to rival the “wow factor” of the iPhone’s touchscreen. Instead, the G1 happily adopts the best features of the iPhone and BlackBerry – two of the best smart phones on the market.
It has the easy-to-navigate and intuitive touchscreen, like the iPhone. But, like the BlackBerry, it has a qwerty keyboard, which slides out, and a “trackball” that helps you navigate around the screen.
The internet giant emphasised that the phone is not a “Google phone” per se, as it is manufactured by HTC, a Taiwanese manufacturer, and will be offered exclusively by T-Mobile in Britain. To obtain the phone, customers must sign up to an 18-month contract that costs £40 a month. The phone may represent a threat to Apple’s iPhone and iPod, as the new device is able to download digital music from amazon.com. As a result, about six million tracks will be available on the G1 at the touch of a button.
In terms of style and design the Google G1 cannot compete with the Apple iPhone sleek design and to touch, the G1 looks and feels plastic and clunky by comparison.
The mobile allows easy access to Google’s range of online applications, such as Gmail, its personal e-mail service, and YouTube. The G1 also allows you to see Google Maps in “street view”, so you can explore cities virtually, as if standing on the street corner itself.
However, the buzz surrounding the G1 Mobile Phone has less to do with ground-breaking new features, and more to do with Google’s innovation – the Android operating system that runs the phone. Google’s aim is to get more people online, using search and advertising services from which it makes money. Google hopes to take the lead over Apple by making Android “open source” – meaning that people will not be charged to use it on their handset or for writing applications for it. This means that anyone can write programs that will run free of charge on an Android-powered phone.
