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To be or not to be

Posted by ctitanic on October 13, 2008 – 8:30 am
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I’m sitting here looking to a friend of mine writing an article about why he is not getting the T-Mobile G1. I have not read what he is writing but probably I can guess part of what he is going to say in this article. One thing is for sure, that beast is ugly. And this is not something that only we, end users have noticed. Here is an ex employee from Google that also said the same:

The reason many people see the G1 as ugly and old-fashioned is simply… because it IS! It’s a design unchanged for a while (it’s now available in Zune-brown along with white and black).

I still looking for a reason of why they made such marketing mistake putting a complete new Operating System, I should add… a long waited one, in such ugly phone and I can’t find a logical explanation.

But anyway… I still tempted to buy one (the white one to make it more appealing). Why? Because even when the phone is what we already know the software in that phone is very promising. And the company behind that software is also a company which always has been a synonym of simplicity combined with elegancy.

There are many applications that are going to be released in the next few months for Android that will let everybody breathless. Do not believe me? Check this videos.

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  • Looks like form following function. If I didn't know better I'd say Google designed it; it has a business like utilitarian look.
  • Andrew
    I think a lot of people might be missing the point of this phone. The way I see it, it's purely a device to showcase what Android is capable of and something to help developers make applications for the platform. I'm sure there will be device at a later stage that will appeal to general consumers more (look better), but this won't be it.

    This is the first device that developers will get to test their applications on, so it has included virtually every form of input available (Touchscreen, qwerty keyboard, trackball, d pad, accelerometer) so they can get their applications working on any future device that may come.

    I think google always intended for this device to be a developers phone, but others have been the ones to flag this as Android's flagship phone with comparisons to the iPhone and others.

    Personally, I am excited about what this phone (and future android phones) will bring to the phone market. I've been using Windows Mobile devices for years now and love the flexibility of apps and customisation for it. However, I appreciate the ease of use that the iPhone brings to touchscreen devices, but Apple restrict it too much for my liking.

    Hope this is the logical explanation you were looking for :)
  • I don't think that it's "ugly", at least no more than the Samsung Omnia or Sony Ericsson Xperia are. I like Adam's description of "lackluster" better.

    Plus, ugly or not, it seems T-Mobile has 1.5 million pre-orders. Not too shabby for an ugly phone on the 4th U.S. carrier.

    Steve
  • Your right, it is ugly. The term I often here is "lack-luster" and being the first device to hit the market I want to be more impressed with its features than I am with the iPhone. I may be too cheap to buy an iPhone but it looks damn fine.
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