The T-Mobile G1 with Google
The G1 combined full touch-screen functionality and a QWERTY keyboard with a mobile Web experience that included Google services such as Google Maps with StreetView, Gmail, and YouTube. It also included a 3.2 MP camera with auto focus, a music player that supported a wide variety of formats and a 1GB Micro SD card (expandable to 8GB).
On Jul. 29, 2010 T-Moblie announced that it was discontinued.
Features of the G1
- Touch screen
- QWERTY keyboard
- 3G network and Wi-Fi access
- Real Web browsing capabilities
- One-touch access to Google Search, Maps, Calendar, Talk, Gmail, and YouTube
- Music player with a 1GB memory card
- 3 Megapixel camera
- Video playback
- Android Market for downloading apps
Android-powered Mobile Phone
Android was the mobile operating system on the T-Mobile G1. It allowed developers to create new applications that can easily be loaded onto the phone from the Android Market.The Android Market is an application store where you will find apps as well as mash ups of existing and new services from developers around the world. You're able to download software applications like games, social networking, and shopping.
Find G1 phones on eBay
T-Mobile's high-speed 3G network
T-Mobile's 3G network is available in many metropolitan areas.Check their coverage map, and find info on what it means if you're not in a 3G area at t-mobileg1.com.
T-Mobile 3G coverage is currently available in these cities:
Arizona
Chandler
Gilbert
Glendale
Mesa
Peoria
Phoenix
Tempe
California
Anaheim
Berkeley
Burbank
Chula Vista
Concord
Daly City
East Los Angeles
Glendale
Hayward
Irvine
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Modesto
Norwalk
Oakland
Ontario
Pasadena
Pleasanton
Pomona
Richmond
Roseville
Sacramento
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Ana
Santa Clara
Stockton
Sunnyvale
Vallejo
Deleware
Wilmington
Florida
Clearwater
Coral Springs
Fort Lauderdale
Hialeah
Hollywood
Miami
Miramar
Orlando
Pembroke Pines
Tampa
West Palm Beach
Georgia
Atlanta
Indiana
Gary
Illinois
Chicago
Elgin
Joliet
Maryland
Baltimore
Gaithersburg
Massachusetts
Boston
Cambridge
Lowell
Worcester
Michigan
Clinton
Dearborn
Dearborn Heights
Detroit
Farmington Hills
Livonia
Royal Oak
Southfield
St Clair Shores
Sterling Heights
Taylor
Troy
Warren
Westland
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Nevada
Las Vegas
North Las Vegas
Paradise
Spring Valley
Sunrise Manor
New Jersey
Atlantic City
Elizabeth
Jersey City
Long Branch
Newark
New Brunswick
Trenton
New York
New York
Oregon
Portland
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Rhode Island
Providence
Tennessee
Memphis
Texas
Arlington
Austin
Carrollton
Dallas
Fort Worth
Garland
Grand Prairie
Houston
Irving
Mesquite
Pasadena
Plano
Richardson
San Antonio
Virginia
Alexandria
Arlington
Washington
Bellevue
Seattle
Vancouver
and Washington D.C.
G1 Accessories
Music player
Amazon's MP3 music store is pre-loaded on the T-Mobile G1. Users are able to search, download, buy and play music from Amazon MP3, which offers over 6 million songs from all 4 major music labels (Warner Music Group, EMI, Sony BMG & Universal Music Group) as well as thousands of independent labels.Downloading music from Amazon MP3 using the G1 requires a Wi-Fi connection but browsing, listening to samples and buying MP3s can be done wherever customers are connected to the T-Mobile network. Downloaded MP3s can be played anytime on the T-Mobile G1, PCs, Macs or any other MP3 music player.
Learn more
G1 Cases on eBay
The G1 Buzz
Multi-Touch zooming on the T-Mobile G1
Recent Blog Posts about the T-Mobile G1
- Google purchases Mike and Maaike, the design studio behind the first Android phone
- ... pm 38Comments Amidst the news that Google's acquisition of Motorola was finally complete was another, smaller purchase ? Google just bought design firm Mike and Maaike, a husband-and-wife creative team behind the design of the original T-Mobile G1.
- Evolution Of Android OS: From G1 To Jelly Bean
- Android, the powerhouse in the mobile device space, started its journey with the HTC-made T-Mobile G1. While that phone with its bizarre keyboard and not-so-impressive features could not give the platform Android needed to enter into the market, ...
- Is Andy Rubin trying to reboot the G1?
- The first Android phone was the HTC G1 on T-Mobile. It was not a pretty phone. The battery was removable, and someone at Google and HTC thought that a hardware keyboard was still a necessary thing. The screen slid away to reveal one of my favorite ...
- Microsoft Office for iPad and Android tablets may be coming in November
- His current collection includes a Nokia N85, Nokia E71, Nokia 5800, Nokia N810, Apple iPhone, HTC Advantage, T-Mobile G1, Palm Treo Pro, HTC Fuze, MSI Wind, MacBook Pro, and many more, along with tons of accessories and classic devices like the Apple ...
G1 in pictures
Anything else you want to say about the T-Mobile G1 with Google?
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Pukeko
Oct 28, 2009 @ 3:54 pm | delete
- I read this and I realize I still live in the last century. I only have a phone for emergencies. I sure learned a lot here.
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JoanneGreco Oct 11, 2008 @ 9:34 pm | delete
- Hello! Thank you for submitting this lens to the Technology Lenses Group. This lens is being featured this whole week! I also gave you a five star rating.
Have a great day!!
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Evelyn_Saenz
Oct 10, 2008 @ 3:55 am | delete
- Thank you for the information on the T-Mobile G1 phone. This phone is just what I need to download my child's Mobistories.
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