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12/20/2008 Archived Entry: "My new toy"

Well with all the issues I went through with Sprint I am now on T Mobile. The company has a enterprise T Mobile account and added a huge block of minutes to it since I was switching over to that. I purchased a G1 Android phone. I wanted to be able to configure company emails to it. So I have the data plan that goes with it. I have had the phone now for 24 hours. I am going to give my personal take on it.

I like the phone over all. It's redeemable points outweigh it's flaws. But let's go with the flaws first. The calls sound better through a headset than talking directly into a phone. The default screen time out is 1 minute I changed it to 2. Because if you don't you will find yourself hitting the menu button to bring the display back up. The camera function is a bit shaky. It suffers to much glare and takes to long to settle on an image before you can capture it.
I use the company email not the default gmail I have set it up to give me a special ring when a new email arrives. I have yet to see this feature work properly. It would have made a difference on my schedule had it worked properly.
It does not capture images from the browser. this is disappointing in that in order to change my wallpaper I had to send the image to myself. Also it did not add my image I chose to the list in the wallpaper or picture section. The scroll function is a little rough. The voicemail icon appears in the top bar.It is a little hard to get that bar to roll down. The GPS always seems to be just a little bit off from my actual location. I woulod like to be able to change the main clock on the display but alas that cannot be done. The battery life seems a bit short. I got abut 9 hours from a full charge on it. I can see this being an issue in the future. I have yet to connect to a 3G network in my area. The lack of a headset jack is a bummer. I would like to be able to bring my address book into my email(not gmail) that does not seem to be possible.

Despite my laundry list I still like the phone. The keyboard is a plus. The email was easy to set up. I install to apps from the marketplace on my phone both of which get used now. The apps were easy to download and install. The browser works nicely. I was able to set it up on my home wifi network pretty easily. The service is pretty good in SoFla. I will be interested to see it on my trips. I like the mouseball it seems to function pretty well even if it isn't true mouse like you are use to using on your computer but this one does the job. The tab for the apps is nice. The volume can actually be loud enough to let you hear things clearly. For me this is important. Voicemail setup was quick and painless.

I wish the screen would flip up at an angle but I realize that is pushing it.

On the short term this phone is very good for me. Maybe it will be for you.

In a few months when my wife's Sprint phone is out of contract. I may look at one of these for her.