T-mobile G1 Android Google

I was eagerly waiting to acquire Google's Android OS based based phone released by T-mobile.

Here is the commercial for the phone created by some marketing droid to promote the phone.

They keep emphasizing that phone has keyboard. It has Google map. Great. What about video? I think it does not have it. My old S60 symbian OS based Nokia phone has video. It even has slow crappy Internet connection. All from T-mobile. So basically they are releasing a half baked phone that will improve as time goes along as other Google products do. They are all in perpetual beta mode. To top it all they want two year contract to get the phone. I have been their loyal customer for at least for the last 5 years.

I am terribly disappointed with the lack luster features phone offers and the two year contract.

I have a feeling that Google's viral marketing will not work this time. They do have to match and excel the quality that Nokia and I-phone offer including the feature list.

My guess is that this phone will be more like a Linux OS. Extremely popular in the UNIX loving crowd but some of us who just want a true 3G phone that can take decent pictures and shoot some videos and do some neat things like I-phone have to look for alternatives. I mean it will be a niche product not a contender to displace I-phone from its throne. It lacks charm.

I guess time to start looking into getting a higher end Nokia phone and if t-mobile does not have 3G coverage in my area then to look for different carrier who has it.

One word "Disppointed" after so much pre publicity and hype and wait. I hope some other company releases a better Android phone then this one in the future.