T-Mobile G1: Beware Of The Limitations
September 23, 2008
Today, the Google Android platform had its coming out party, and the first phone to use Google’s new mobile software, is the T-Mobile G1. Rather than bore you with all the details you’ve read about one the web already, I’ll summarize some limitations of the T-Mobile G1:
- No 3.5mm headphone jack. (Update 09/25/08 - T-Mobile will eventually ship adapter but not in first shipments)
- No modem tethering
- Includes only 1 GB Micro SD memory card (expandable to 8GB)
Data transfer limited to 1GB/month(Update 09/25/08 Lifted by T-Mobile)- Lack of Microsoft Exchange support out of the box
- No desktop/computer sync option. All data in the cloud!
- No A2DP/Stereo Bluetooth
- Google Account required to use
- No video capture
- Update Copy & paste is limited to form fields. It is not global.
Granted this is the first release of many Google Android supported phones, some of these limitations can be taken with a grain of salt. The major limitation I can see at this time is that Google Android is all about cloud computing, and I don’t think adoption rate will be swift with that limitation. Not everyone is ready to completely move to the cloud. Since I haven’t had first hand use of the device, I can’t really recommend it or not, but on paper, if I were to make a decision today, I would pass on this model.
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