My First 2 Hours With a G1 - Review

[GoCubs]

On photos.. can you upload pics to sites like photobucket or facebook straight from the phone??

Nope no portion added into this phone, infact I even tried to go to photobucket and upload, but when I hit browse to find a picture it was looking for C:\ lol so the file system on here is really weird. BUT im sure someone will develop something really soon...

One thing I did figure out, if your using the phone (on a call) and you try to browse the web, it WONT work lol

[GoCubs]

my last question
does the screen rotate by itself, or is there a button you can click and make it rotate? or you just have to open the keyboard?

thanx

There is a buttone that makes it rotate, OR you can open the keyboard and it will rotate.

Ah thanks..

I noticed in that video she started to scroll, but then the zoom buttons just showed up on their own.

What makes the zooming tools popup?

They will always be there from what it looks like, there transparent so they dont really get in the way. Im not bothered by it

[ROGUE7474]

Awesome review, thanks!!!!!!!!

[GrimShadows]

Thanks..

Are you in an area where 3g is up and running? or is it EDGE like the others who have had a chance to play with the G1??

[Darrell]

Thanks for the review, you lucky dog

Also like the way you have done the q&a in the original Post so that people done have to scroll through the entire thread (12 Pages at the moment) to get information. I think this method should be adopted as standard here.

[GoCubs]

Thanks..

Are you in an area where 3g is up and running? or is it EDGE like the others who have had a chance to play with the G1??

Yes 3G is up and going as we speak, BUT I prefer my Wifi in my home, the 3G drains the battery really fast, it can be annoying at times. EDGE is a thing of the past, well kinda, since like I only get like 3G in 3 or 4 of my choice places where I am most of the day... BUT everywhere I usually am I have Wifi access. Los Angeles and surounding areas are 3G live, Orange County and parts of the Inland Empire. Engineers are working everyday to keep 3g cites going up. If you wanna view your coverage, go to www.T-Mobile.com click on coverage, then click on data coverage. Its pretty detailed.

[stopcrazypp]

Ah thanks..

I noticed in that video she started to scroll, but then the zoom buttons just showed up on their own.

What makes the zooming tools popup?

In the sdk emulator, it pops up whenever you scroll around, from what I have seen it works the same way on th G1.

[GrimShadows]

If you wanna view your coverage, go to www.T-Mobile.com click on coverage, then click on data coverage. Its pretty detailed.

Haha thanks..
Funny thing is, I live in the hood in Orlando, it looks like I will have better coverage at home than in the more ritzy part of town where I work.. lol..
I may actually use this coverage map when I start looking for a new place to live.. lol..

[GoCubs]

Haha thanks..
Funny thing is, I live in the hood in Orlando, it looks like I will have better coverage at home than in the more ritzy part of town where I work.. lol..
I may actually use this coverage map when I start looking for a new place to live.. lol..

Such a true fan, You deserver a G1 ASAP! lol

[jorgitoxp]

hey guys this is my first post here. This forum is the best one on the web. I have been following this forum since the g1 conference in new york.

I read somewhere on this thread something i was worry about, and it would extremely suck if it is true. Snoliscer8 said this:

I didn't have a chance to try out video, as I only had music on my MicroSD card.

I did plug in my MicroSD, and downloaded a few apps. The apps DID NOT appear in the directory listing of the card, which means they are stored locally. I do not know if the system will automatically start to store apps on the card once the device's memory is full.

Is this true? We cannot save the apps to our microSD cards. That sucks big time. What are we suppose to do with the crappy internal memory? Now this really bothers me if it is true.

Can someone please confirm this. Is it true you cannot download apps to the microSD card.

Thanks for everything guys. And any details would be greatly appreciated.