I love Android but i hate the hardware on G1..

[DaYuMu6ft7]

I have no issues and will look forward to the next Update

Thanks!

[kaysesoze]

Is that a fact or speculation? If fact, please provide your source so we can understand the decision better, thanks

dont really need a source, the device hardly changed from the demo/tester/beta/google developers hidden device that was showin in videos and countless articles in the past... The device hits a price point, and its holding up well..
the samsung behold and instinct are all priced reasonably well but they are POS....

[ghoonk]

Yeah, but to state that it's Google's idea for this sub-standard hardware seems very un-Google-like to me. It sounded more like T-Mo needed a device around the USDxxx price point, told Google that they'd place an order for yyy number of phones if they could deliver a handset running Android, with a slide out keyboard, capacitative touchscreen, etc etc etc, and HTC stepped up to the plate

[gpo1]

Am waiting for next -gen phones...maybe LG could make one

[craigdunn]

to the OP, maybe I'll change my mind if things start dropping off it, I've only had the phone 2 days but I think it's pretty nice. Sure, shame about the 3.5" jack, but I knew that before I bought it, and I dont use my phone for music.

[inportb]

Android is awsomee... but what is this crap hardware... only 65k color screen...

AFAIK that's an Android software limitation. The phone could do 216K colors.

[Marffeus]

I personally don't care much at all for the hardware. Creaky and an overall cheap feeling makes my case for subpar hardware an easy one. My feeling is that T-Mobile was the one pushing the release for this "reference design" to meet the deadline of the massive 3G rollout.