Official Thread: T-Mobile G1 Q&A - Your Questions Answered

[LARKKEN]

The future is now, do not be scared. i would put my old tmo MDA(cooked with winmo 6.1 with htc home) up against iphone or any symbian phone incl. n95, not to mention my unlocked tilt with updated rom. Android is the future all the devices you are refering to are the distant past. what on eart do you guys mean by multi task? your phone only has one screen right? how you switch between progams is symantics(going to a task manager could never be faster than jsut going to the app. sleeping, hibernating, running in the back whatever.) Come on people this type of stuff is the main problem keeping the technology moving slow..... pause for a sec. think android is completely open...... anything can be made for android ANYTHING... flash, taskmanager, opera, tens of video players. please explain what you mean by multi-tasking and ill try on my tilt, n95, and my G1 i have all three(what specificly can you do on a N95 i couldnt do on a winmo device? not to mention android) just so we are clear i have used all these phones own all 3! In my opinion the N95 and Iphone are great gimmicks but nothing compared to the G1

[bugmenot1]

kaziko... thanks for all the info you have provided. I had 3 question I am hoping anyone with a G1 can respond to.

1. Does it have a built-in GPS? I have not been able to find this information on t-mobile's website.
2. Although my area has 3G I do not want to spend $25 on the data plan and would like to use their $7 Edge plan instead. Can I do that?
3. Can I connect to my house wireless network to browse the net? I used to do that with my Nokia N95.

Thanks in advance.

[kanariya]

Originally Posted by bugmenot1

kaziko... thanks for all the info you have provided. I had 3 question I am hoping anyone with a G1 can respond to.

1. Does it have a built-in GPS? I have not been able to find this information on t-mobile's website.
2. Although my area has 3G I do not want to spend $25 on the data plan and would like to use their $7 Edge plan instead. Can I do that?
3. Can I connect to my house wireless network to browse the net? I used to do that with my Nokia N95.

Thanks in advance.

1. Yes it has built-in GPS
2. Not sure. but I would assume it needs atleast the total internet plan since the cheaper data plan blocks out some ports.
3. Yes you can use wi-fi.

[djdamian]

yes it has the built in GPS, however you can optionally turn on/off that GPS antenna's. they run down your battery more. The general gps works, it'll pinpoint you within a mile or so, however if you have the real GPS turned on, its accurate to the parking stall your sitting in. i tried it. amazing. however in the options, it'll tell you it runs the battery a lil more.

i'm unfortunatly paying extra 35 for the data plan, even tho denver is still on edge, not even a 3g network yet. trust me, 2002 i had a nasty $500+ phone bill for text messages....i'll gladly pay a measly 35bucks anytime than approaching a monthly bill that high ever.

i haven't tried wi-fi, but it has it available.

[medinaj88]

Hey Kaziko, Simple request, please?
Can you send and receive files through the IM clients? Specifically the Live Messenger?
I know WinMo 6 can do this now, it would be a big plus if we were able to do this too.
Thanks in advanced.

[jdlorinser]

Hey kaziko, thanks for all the hard work. However your review has been posted by many major sites all over the internet (Engadget etc.), and these site are concentrating on everything negative you said about the device. This is negative press for The G1, Tmobile and Google. Have you done further testing? Does the device still stutter when opening programs? Did you have alot of things running in the background at the time? Do you still have to reset the device because of it slowing down? If you have noticed improvement or figured out why you were having these issues, then I think you should do a "Review Part II" or something to that effect, and then send it to all these sites. Remember there are a lot of people out there that DO NOT want the G1 and Android to be a success (ie: iPhone Fanboys) and they will run with anything negaive that they can about this device to make it look bad.

[christexaport]

ren857, can you post a link to the video? The embedded player isn't working in my mobile browser, but if its a YouTube link, it will play directly from the page.

[birdtales]

Originally Posted by christexaport

ren857, can you post a link to the video? The embedded player isn't working in my mobile browser, but if its a YouTube link, it will play directly from the page.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLlp9H0y_l4[/ame]

The word "You Tube" in that You Tube window is actually the link to the video.

[uga.buga]

Q: What Actual Files Does The Phone Play , I Heard Not Mpg Or Wmv, But then what?

[christexaport]

jdlorinser, don't be alarmed by so-called bad press. As an open source system, issues can be solved as soon as they are made public. Its not bad press, just issue reporting. I do agree that kaziko's review wasn't as complete as it should've been. But again, I don't think he expected more than his community to read it, and thought an early incomplete view would be better for the members than making them wait for a more thorough review much later.

The biggest features consumers want to see is multitasking, the web browser's ability to present web pages that look and perform like a desktop, text editing, non-GMail POP3 email access, messaging, document management, and file management. These are the main functions of today's smartphones, and for comparison's sake, these should be the main focus of a full review. But this was apparently not a full review. We'll probably have to allow him to really become intimate with the G1 first.

I'm jealously waiting. :-)