My crackberry finally bit it after being dropped about 2 billion times, flung around in my truck, and last but not least, my battery crapped out. I decided to get a G1 instead of a new BB. I am honestly very impressed with it.
Wifi works great(altho I wish it would do GMA mode from tmobile) The ³marketplace² has a wardriving app, and yes, everything there that I found is free, mostly open source. GPS, works great, but it drains your battery pretty quickly. Music, I have to say is awesome, the sound playback is as good, if not better than my 3G ipod. Mail, downside is that it locks you in to 1 gmail account(it¹s ok, but my gtalk is on another gmail account) I did have to d/l an application (TouchDown) to get my exchange email from work, no native support. Unlike the iPhone, I was able to get exchange to talk perfectly fine(hint apple....) Youtube, video quality is nice, and yes, it¹s native flash(again, hint hint) I have access to the shell(via free download) Games, yup lots of them, nothing spectacular, but still. Camera is pretty good The bad :( I don¹t like the proprietary usb connector(maybe I¹ll sacrifice a cable to make a converter) No direct earphone input, you have to use a usb connector(but it does sound great) No onscreen keyboard included Battery life, when connected to 3G or WiFi is bad, but that¹s pretty common, and I¹ve been spoiled by BB for not having to charge my phone all the time. As of this morning, I have embarked on porting a SIP application for my phone, it will connect to my PBX at work(SIP enabled) and carry my ext while I¹m at work. Touchscreen as the hardware is multi touch enabled, the software isn¹t right now. Overall, a 8.3 out of 10 Hackable, fast, OPEN!!! No need to sell your soul to get it(you can buy an unlocked one from google ) Tom Fitzgerald --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ The Personal Telco Project - http://www.personaltelco.net/ Donate to PTP: http://www.personaltelco.net/donate Archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.wireless.portland.general/ Etiquette: http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/MailingListEtiquette List information: http://lists.personaltelco.net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
