T-Mobile G1 Video Review (3 of 4) - The Software

[xstrikethreex]

i must say, this is one of the best reviews i've watched on youtube. unlike phonearena, where the guy that does most of the reviews has trouble enunciating about half of the words he says, i can understand every single thing you say, and you actually go in depth and say what about the phone is confusing instead of just saying that is confusing... do you have your own site for reviews? if not... get one, please

[rkalla]

@xstrikethreex I sure appreciate the kind words! I actually write The Buzz Media dot COM website and try and do a mix of written and video reviews.

[FreddyGlss]

I'm not really a business person/gmail person(I do have GMail though) but I just want a phone with a touch screen, and a keyboard, decent camera, web browser and IM(crappy, good, I don't care). Is is still a good phone?

[rkalla]

Freddy,

Excellent question. Your key requirements that are going to decide the phone for you are the Keyboard, Camera and Browser. The G1 has all these things and are all quite good -- it's a big phone though. Compared to the Sidekick LX though, I prefer the G1, the Sidekick's browser is garbage and the WinMo OS is gimmicky at best. If you don't mind a virtual keyboard, the myTouch 3G/HTC Magic is an excellent choice as well.

[mclover6520]

b4 buyin my G1 I looked at alot of reviews b4 thisone to see if it was worth my while and this review is the one that got me to buy one and now it works great and it is exactly like this review said Im so glad I was able to get one and thanks rkalla for making this review and reassuring me that the G1 was worth my money

[rkalla]

mclover, thanks for the kind words man. I'm glad the review helped!

[kristofeh]

oh and +1 for hq

[kristofeh]

defintely the best phone review i've seen, i wish all phone reviews were this in-depth

[rkalla]

Thanks kristofeh, very kind of you.

[1Mastermind1990]

great review you guys!, i actually purchased 3 g1's because of this review

[rkalla]

1Mastermind, thanks for the kind words!

[alec11592]

outstanding reviews on the phone im considering getting it looks like a amazing phone

[DrStinkbomb]

question about the Android Market - since the Market is uncensored, is it possible for a malicious developer to write an app that is either damaging or even just a major inconvenience?

[rkalla]

DrStink,

That's a great question and I'm not *that* versed in the terms and policies of the market place... I believe applications can be pulled out of the market place very quickly if they come under scrutiny, so as long as you are pulling down established applications you are probably safe.

[DrStinkbomb]

Excellent review. I'm shocked to see that there aren't more views - very informative. This review most certainly helped me make up my mind about this phone.

[museec8]

i watched the whole thing! great review guys...you made me get this phone.

[rkalla]

Thanks, I'm glad we could help!

[jamalb1993sbcglobal]

STOP COMPARING TO THE iPHONE FUCK AT&T...

[rkalla]

It's an unfortunate requirement -- with the iPhone's dominance in the mobile-device sector you can't avoid it. Atleast as a reviewer, the first question I got out of my group of friends when we got the G1 in for review was all "Is it better than the iPhone?" -- probably not the right question, and we tried to clarify that in the review, but still a question we get a lot.