It looks like the G1 was very well received by the public and especially by T-Mobile’s subscribers. G1 has already sold out during the pre-order period which means we might expect some iPhone-like lines in front of T-Mobile stores when the G1 arrives.

If you want numbers, people say that about 60,000 G1 units have been sold already. HTC plans to sell about 700,000 units this year and we might see that number easily surpassed.

Verizon Wireless is getting ready to train its employees for the upcoming BlackBerry Storm. Training must be finished by November 2nd which means that November will be quite Stormy. The Touch Diamond is coming in December according to the training program.

Good thing this training program has just been leaked. At lease we can feel assured the Storm won’t be delayed. Hear that AT&T? How’s your Bold situation?

via Gizmodo

The era of the Android has begun and the first device to herald it, the T-Mobile HTC G1, is already getting good reviews barely hours after its official announcement. MobileBurn were able to get their hands on a working unit and put the device through a few hoops. The end result is a lot of words that point to a simple “thumbs up,” pointing out that the touchscreen, trackball controller, and the QWERTY keypad are pretty good coupled with an intuitive operating system and interface. For just $179, this could be something the device that you have been waiting for a long, long time, don’t you think?
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Well well T-Mobile, you sure have an Amazon store ready for your future customers. There are 6 million DRM-free songs available which is quite nice. But how are we to listen to it? It’s been reported that there’s no 3.5mm headphone jack available.

So who’s fault is it? T-Mobile’s? Google’s? Well last time I checked, the manufacturer was HTC. It seems that’s an old problem with the HTC. They tend to forget about the music jack in their models. The Touch HD is the only exception so far.

That means you should buy an USB dongle to mediate a connection between your faithful headphones and the G1. And the adapter won’t arrive by the time the G1 gets released.

Do you think Amazon should be a little pissed off by all this? I mean they will be loosing some money for a while right? Why buy songs you can’t listen to anyway?
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How do you like the quick look at G1’s applications. There’s Search obviously, Maps, Gmail and Contacts. You will have access to Google Talk and YouTube. Other interesting apps to look for are the Amazon MP3 store, IMing and the Street View Compass.

Does Google’s Android know how go copy paste stuff? You know, unlike some other phone?

The G1 was finally announced today. We’ve been waiting for quite a while for it to appear. Now when we’ve heard and seen more we can definitely say this might be the iPhone competitor we’ve been waiting for.

In just a month you will be able to snag one for yourself. A two-year agreement gets you a $179. In November the device will arrive in Europe with Germany, Austria and the Netherlands to be one of the first countries to offer it.
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Apparently, existing T-Mobile customers can snatch the Google Android-powered G1 handset for as little as $179.99 (before taxes and fees), subject to a 2-year service agreement. As an existing T-Mobile customer, I logged in to my online account to see if I can pre-order for a review, but this is what I get.

So their servers are overloaded at the moment. I’ll wait a couple of hours and see if the frenzy has died down.

With a bit of snooping around T-Mobile’s G1 site, users of the Android Community were able to unearth some official pictures of the upcoming Android-powered, T-Mobile-driven G1. As we already told you, the G1 will be officially unveiled later today and understanding your insatiable appetite to know everything about Android, we thought we could let you in on a sneak peek before the big bang. This actually confirms that the picture we saw last month was indeed the G1 or Dream if you will, and may very well mean that the rumored specs might also hold some water. Still, we are only hours away from the official announcement, so let’s wait and see how much of what we already know about Google’s first device is confirmed. (more…)

Analysts expect Android sales to go up in the fourth quarter of this year. Strategy Analytics estimates about 10.5 million smartphones to be sold in the U.S. during that period. From those, 400,000 are expected to be G1 handsets from T-Mobile.
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Tuesday T-Mobile is going to officially reveal the HTC Dream aka G1 as the first Android phone. In the mean time the Google phone was shown on T-Mobile’s Site. Go to http://my.t-mobile.com and you might still find it. Some people say the link itself has been taken down while other report that clicking on the G1 will get you nowhere for now.

Probably T-Mobile is experimenting in order to be ready to properly launch the device on September 23rd.

T-Mobile has announced that their 3G network is going to further expand to 8 more markets by mid-October. That’s quite a remarkable effort and coordinated with the upcoming G1 launch should increase mobile sales.

Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, Orlando, Philadelphia, Sacramento, San Francisco and Seattle are the next cities which will get T-Mobile’s 3G network while Birmingham, Denver, Detroit, Kansas City, Memphis and Tampa will have it by the end of the year.
Add the Android device to the mix and you will have a great network and a great phone.

HTC’s new PDA phone, the HTC Jade 100 (HTC Touch 3G), has just been approved by the FCC. The phone, which carries FCC ID NM8JDV, indicates in its FCC approval that it supports Band I (UMTS 2100 MHz) and Band VIII (UMTS 900 MHz), making it unsuitable for the US - which means we will never see it on this part of the world. The Jade is essentially the HTC Touch 3G version, and utilizes TouchFLO - a finger-touch optimized navigation.

HTC claims wireless speeds up to 18 times faster than 3G - giving the phone some extreme Internet capabilities. The Jade also lets you zoom and pan web sites conveniently. You can also watch YouTube videos, use Google Maps for mobile and take advantage of the integrated RSS reader for your daily news feed.

Measuring 102 mm x 53.6 mm x 14.5 mm, the HTC Jade weighs in at 96 grams and is powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. A 2.8 inch QVGA screen and 3.2 megapixel camera are provided. Additional memory can be had with microSD memory cards.

Source: FCC

We really didn’t need visual confirmation of this touchscreen monster’s prowess, but it’s always a treat watch tech marvels like these on tape and especially try to decipher a foreign language in the process. Not surprisingly, these French guys are comparing the Touch HD to the ever-popular iPhone 3G and the Samsung i900. Any bets on which kicks ass the most?

We told you earlier how Telus is going to bring the HTC Touch Diamond to Canada right? Well it looks like Rogers has similar plans for its subscribers. The HTC Touch Diamond has been seen in Roger’s internal docs as a “coming soon” device. The device will be available in a GSM version. There’s no news on actual release or pricing but we’ll find out soon. (more…)

We haven’t even gotten an official announcement from T-Mobile regarding the HTC Dream but details continue to leak out. This time, given to us by the Wall Street Journal, it was revealed that the Andrioid touting HTC Dream will retail for a modest $199, with a contract.

What other phone can you think of that retails for $199? Oh I haven’t a clue.

Via: WSJ

After T-Mobile has confirmed its September 23rd event when the G1 will finally get released more rumors started to surface. Besides features, people are starting to ask around about the price. (more…)

We’ve talked about it T-Mobile’s Android phone quite a lot now. And the mobile carrier has finally confirmed maybe the most expected event in the Android world. The launch of the first smartphone running on Androing, HTC Dream or the G1.
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What a day it was today for HTC! We’ve seen the HTC Touch Diamond get a lighter color, we’ve seen the HTC Touch HD and HTC Touch Viva/Opal get released and now we’re going to take a look at the HTC Touch 3G. The handset is quite promising although the Touch HD would by my choice of the day.
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If Apple’s iPhone comes in both black and white and if Samsung’s Omnia comes in black and white, why shouldn’t HTC’s Touch Diamond be any different? The hot phone was just released in the USA but the new color will be available some time in October. Except for the color nothing will be modified in any way. It’s the same phone you know and appreciate under a new coat, especially made for winter.

So did you have a chance to inspect a Sprint store? Asked around about the HTC? What did you think? Are you waiting for the new HTC devices we’ve just seen today?

We heard earlier last week about a future T-Mobile press conference scheduled to be held on September 23rd. The Wall Street Journal has confirmed it. And it appears that indeed the main event of the conference will be the announcement of the G1, the first Android device in the history of the universe.
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