I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it. I'm doing just fine with my iPhone (only about 4 months old), and there's enough shortcomings that rule it out as a full-time replacement:
- No multi-touch (this is only a software issue, though)
- No support for multiple Google accounts
- Non-standard headphone jack
The lack of multi-touch is a killer, for me. I took a quick photo soon after charging the G1, and tried to zoom in on it by using the iPhone-standard pinch manoeuvre. I also found the Google Maps application on the G1 quite clunky without multi-touch. Ugh, patents suck.
The keyboard is quite neat, though. I've gotten used to the iPhone's on-screen keyboard, but I can appreciate the tactile feeling that only a physical keyboard gives.
The fact that I can write software and run it on the physical phone is a big plus. I'm not pleased that I'm expected to pay $99 and ask Apple nicely before I can put my own software on my own iPhone. I haven't written anything yet for Android, though.
Finally, because it's officially a developer phone, it's fully unlocked. It's a quad-band phone, so it might work well as a travel phone. I don't travel too much (just twice this year), but the G1 could come in handy for my next trip, whenever that is.
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