HTC G1 Google Phone
The G1 has been newly released and on sale with T-Mobile. This phone features cutting edge technology and has the backing of one of the worlds largest leaders of technology behind it.
HTC G1 Google Review and Specs
Hardware
The HTC G1 features a Qualcomm® processor running at 528MHz, the main software comes from the Android™ operating system and the phone comes as standard with a ROM size of 256MB and 192MB of RAM. This should be sufficient to ensure the phone can cope with the majority of applications thrown at it. The HTC TyTnII uses 128Mb of RAM and copes perfectly.
Size
The dimensions of the G1 are as follows 117.7mm x 55.7mm x 17.1mm
The phone weighs in at 158 grams with the battery, this is 8grams heavier that its TyTnII counterpart.
The screen display size is a 3.2 inch TFT LCD and features a flat touch screen with the display resolution set at 320x480 via HVGA.
Connectivity
Network connectivity supports HSPA and HSUPA speeds. The phone uses Quadband GSM, GPRS and EDGE data systems.
GPS using the Google Maps™ is also available a great feature of the G1 mobile phone.
A mini USB 2.0 port allows for PC Connectivity and there is also an audio jack in one.
Bluetooth® 2.0 and Wi-Fi® 802.11b/g are provided as standard with most phones of this caliber.
Features
The GPS as mentioned above is a great feature of the G1. The device uses a trackball and an enter button. There is also a slide out QWERTY keyboard a great change for the virtual keyboard provided on other phones witch can make typing long messages a struggle.
The camera provided on this phone is 3.2 mega pixels similar to the one featured on the HTC TyTnII.
There is also a built in microphone and speaker and the phone can cope with mp3, wma, aac, midi and a few more.
An expansion slot for a microSD™ card is also provided, this is 2.0 SD compatible.
The G1 also features motion sensor and a digital compass.
Battery
The battery featured on this phone is a lithium ion battery. This provides 406 minutes talk time (GSM) and up to 350 for WCDMA.
The standby time provides 319 hours short of the 400+ hours provided by the TyTNII






























