FeedThe First Android Phone Comes Out Of The Closet
Written by NetBear on September 23, 2008 – 3:47 pm -Technology geeks perked up today as Google, T-Mobile and HTC announced the first cell phone to use Google’s Android platform. Like Apple’s iPhone, the T-Mobile G1 is a full-color touch-screen phone. But the G1 adds a pull-out QWERTY keyboard for texting and email.
The G1 will become available on October 22nd for $179. A contract free G1 will be $399. But as confirmed by Engadget, the G1 has no 3.5″ earphone jack. WTF?
First a Google demonstration of the Android platform on the G1.
Here are some excellent hands-on tests from Engadget.
Visit the T-Mobile G1 site for more information and how to be the first one on your block with an Android in your pocket.
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By calicub80 on Sep 24, 2008 7:13:55 AM | Reply
There is a mini-usb slot that will be used for the headphones and to connect to computers.
By NetBear on Sep 24, 2008 9:19:55 AM | Reply
I had a Motorola ROKR years ago. It had a similar USB headphone jack. That was so irritating. There just isn’t any excuse these days not to have a 3.5″ jack available on a new phone that is designed to play music.
But you could say that the G1 is more of a geeky Linux experiment than a full blown consumer entertainment phone — at least until some killer Android app catches the public eye.