The interwebs have been buzzing with all sorts of strong opinions on the debut of the T-Mobile G1.Some articles have suggested that the G1 is less exciting than "a gorilla costume in an ice chest"... whatever that means...

What I've come to realize is that these authors are missing the point entirely. It's seems to me that the G1 is a tool with the intention of empowering developers to grow this platform, and not only on the application layer alone. Devices targeted specifically...