masih punya 2biji dirumah....artefak bgt tuh device :D
On Friday, September 26, 2014 10:03:21 AM UTC+7, EkoPrasetiyo wrote: > > Happy birthday :D > > ---- > *Party Time–The HTC Dream G1 is Six Years Old!* > <http://www.xda-developers.com/android/htc-dream-6th-birthday/> > // *xda* <http://www.xda-developers.com/android/htc-dream-6th-birthday/> > *-developers* > <http://www.xda-developers.com/android/htc-dream-6th-birthday/> > > A few interesting events took place six years ago. In the USA, the biggest > chart-topping song was “Whatever You Like” by T.I., while in the UK people > were enjoying Kings of Leon’s “Sex On Fire”. The weather was nice as well > in September, but probably the most exciting event took place in the city > of New York where HTC announced their first smartphone running Android OS. > The HTC Dream <http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-dream-g1> on T-Mobile > was officially presented to public. Today, the G1 is six years old and we > would like to wish it a happy sixth birthday! > > It all began back in 2005 when Andy Rubin, the CEO of Android Inc., got an > astonishing offer from Google, which at the time was most well known for > its search engine. Our dear friends from Mountain View were looking to > enter the mobile phone market and Rubin’s company seemed to be a nice > option for them. They made an offer that Rubin *et **al**.* accepted, and > three years later, on Septemeber 22nd 200, the first Google phone has been > released in an association with T-Mobile. After just six months, the G1 > became one of the most popular devices in USA. It landed in fifth place in > terms of numbers of devices sold. > > At the time, the Android Open Source Project was something new in the > mobile world. It was one of the first major open source mobile operating > systems. The Android Market, known today as the Google Play Store, also > debuted with G1. It had 50 free applications at the time of launch. Google > certainly didn’t expect such explosive popularity at launch. The OS was the > most interesting and fun part of the G1. Users could (and did) contribute > to the project making it exactly what we know and love today. Of course, > most of the features have been developed by Google employees, but many > crucial contributions were developed by users. But let’s talk about its > roots. > > Android wasn’t Andy Rubin’s first project. The current SVP of mobile and > digital content at Google had a pretty successful campaign with the Hiptop > smartphone, which was rebranded as the Sidekick by T-Mobile. Some > similarities in the overall look and feel can be found between Hiptop and > the G1–namely the pop-out keyboard and screen design. HTC’s phone was > pretty good alternative to the BlackBerry and iPhone 3G, which were the > most popular devices back then. As you can see, the war between Apple and > Google has started a long time ago. Of course we can still see those two > brands stretching their muscles. However, BlackBerry seems to have lost the > battle long ago, and once the main contender in the business world has > become a small company with just a few devices in its stable. > > Back then, a physical keyboard was nothing abnormal. The same could be > said for trackballs. Even Android itself had no support for virtual > keyboards at the time. Now, it’s virtually impossible to find a modern > device as chunky as the G1 and featuring a physical keyboard. Maybe they > will be popular one day again? A few years back, we wanted our devices to > be as small as possible, and now we can buy phones that we must keep in our > bags, because our pockets are too small. > > With the HTC Dream’s release, Google introduced many interesting functions > that we know and can’t live without. Among them we found multitasking, copy > and paste, pull-down notifications and home screen widgets. Gmail and > Google Maps had their premiere as well. Back in those days, Google had no > music application, so they asked Amazon to provide an application for them. > > Google were very responsive to bug reports and addressed some issues > shortly. The virtual keyboard support and video recording were quickly > added, and the device has also received two big updates, to Cupcake and > Donut, which was the final version this phone has received. > > The T-Mobile G1 is a very important milestone in Google’s history. After a > few short years, Android became the most popular mobile operating system in > the world with numerous users around the world. Google can now compete with > (and reign supreme over) Apple, and they have now established new standards > in the mobile world. Companies like HTC and LG decided to commit their > future to Android and released multiple great devices, and have since > become leaders in the mobile industry (though they are somewhat dwarfed by > an 800 lbs. gorilla named Samsung). Needless to say that Samsung is *the > *dominant > force in the mobile market thanks to Android and great devices like Samsung > Galaxy S and the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. > > Today, we are waiting to see another Nexus devices, likely produced by HTC > (Nexus 9) and Motorola (Nexus 6 aka Shamu). Will they make Google and > Android even stronger like the G1 once did? Or perhaps this platform will > slowly die and will be forgotten, only to be replaced by an even better > option? > > Do you still own your old Dream/G1? How do you like it after so many > years? Is it the best or most important Android device (relative to its > time) in history or is it just one of many that weren’t functional at all > and Google just got lucky? 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