I'm going down the route of unlocking the G1 so I can use my normal SIM which I get decent 2G & 3G coverage from.
As for mass adoption, I think the problem is not simply cost. The T-Mobile shop I visited is in a town of 75,000 people and is the commercial hub for a number of surrounding towns and villages. It has a number of web design agencies based there as well as "Internet consultancies" and a couple of small ISPs. The next nearest T-Mobile shop is 8 miles away and when I visited them at around mid-day today (launch day here) I was the second person who had shown an interest in buying a G1. Talking to the in-store staff the main issues seemed to be lack of headphone socket, poor camera, and form-factor. The impression I got was that it looked too "Businessy" for the people after a personal 'phone, yet it's not got the Business functionality that corporates want (Exchange intgration, no PDF reader, etc.). I guess it may just be a geek-phone :). Al. P.S. I still laugh when I see that T-Mobile UK offer the user guide from their website as a PDF and, of course, you can't read it on a G1. Mogees wrote: > I certainly understand where you're coming from in terms of you not > getting the 3G coverage and also being forced to pay for more minutes > than you need. On the point about the G1 not gaining mass adoption, > here's some news that may point to the contrary. Walmart is going to > start selling G1's for $149 in the US, which I think will make it a > very popular mass market gift in the US for this holiday season. > > http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/wal-mart-sell-g1-149/2008-10-28 > > > On Oct 29, 2:44 am, Al Sutton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I've recently decided not to buy a G1 when they launch in the UK (where >> I live) for a number of reasons, I'm wondering who else has thought it >> through and come to a similar conclusion? >> >> Al. >> >> P.S. For anyone who is interested I've put my reasons in my blog >> athttp://alsutton.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/why-i-wont-be-buying-the-and... >> > > > -- Al Sutton W: www.alsutton.com B: alsutton.wordpress.com T: twitter.com/alsutton --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
