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[tsutton]

T-Mobile sells over 1.5 million G1 Android phones

It's good to see a nice & healthy figure for the T-Mobile's G1 where they have sold 1.5 million units so far. And it's not even been released yet!

jkontherun said:

Word is now out that over 1.5 million units have been sold, and that before anyone in that big crowd has even seen a G1 in person.  That tells you how excited people are getting over Android.  Add 2 million units that are reported to hit retail stores this month to that 1.5 million in sales and the G1 could be even bigger than that fruity phone

I think it's amazing they have achieved it... but only if the figures are true as the figured were from rumour/word of mouth and as far as I can see, has not been confirmed by T-Mobile.

Either way, I look forward to play one of these phone.

Are you one of thoses who pre-ordered the G1? Will the G1 be overhyped like we saw with Apple's iPhone 3G?

[Via: jkontherun]

[welshmikie]

tsutton, on Oct 13 2008, 22:36, said:

T-Mobile sells over 1.5 million G1 Android phones

It's good to see a nice & healthy figure for the T-Mobile's G1 where they have sold 1.5 million units so far. And it's not even been released yet!
I think it's amazing they have achieved it... but only if the figures are true as the figured were from rumour/word of mouth and as far as I can see, has not been confirmed by T-Mobile.

Either way, I look forward to play one of these phone.

Are you one of thoses who pre-ordered the G1? Will the G1 be overhyped like we saw with Apple's iPhone 3G?

[Via: jkontherun]

Im going to london on the 28th of October to see this phone, we have one in work at the moment but its with the training department should see it wednesday

[tsutton]

I'm assuming it's part of T-Mobile's training for 28th Oct?

[welshmikie]

hiya the 28th is the google presentation in london and then we launch on november the 8th but that could change. I have one here now and its rather nice and there are apps in the market place to download already. i have photos and will upload on here

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[tsutton]

Very nice. Is the google presentation for T-mobile employee only or public can go? I will be in London during that week and would love to see it.

[Confucious]

Is it just me that thinks
a ) Android doesn't seem ready - maybe given time but not now and
b ) It's fugly

Edited by Confucious, 15 October 2008 - 08:51 PM.

[awarner]

a ) can't really say until we use it
b ) definitely, that lower section looks like it's been broken bending out like that.

[welshmikie]

hi i dont think its just tmobile which will be there but also i dont think its open to the public

[tsutton]

Shame, thanks.

[Confucious]

Just because I don't *think* it's ready yet, doesn't mean I wouldn't like to see it. Pity it's not open to us mere mortals....

[Boinng]

I'm sure Google and T-Mobile would love this to be "overhyped" like the iPhone, but I'm really not seeing any buzz over it.  I agree with the poster above, Android's not ready yet, what's more, the G1 simply isn't good enough to give the OS a proper launch.  It's very mediocre hardware, topped off with a largely unknown and underdeveloped OS, and an empty appstore, all tied in to an expensive contract - not the most compelling mass market proposition.

Maybe in a year or so Android will be big news.  Then again...

[kurtfhouse]

On Monday I got the e-mail informing me I could be one of the lucky few to get a G1 first. I went to the website had a good look at the phone and just couldn't seem to convince myself to buy it (which is saying something for me with a new phone!).

It just seems sub standard somehow and the reviews are pretty mixed, I am particulary concerned with reports on the battery life.

I really wanted to want it as well. I certainly wouldn't entertain the £40, 18 month contract anyway, they should have given more options. I loved the idea of open source and use linux almost 100% of the time on my PC but I don't get the feeling this is ready yet.

The fact that the Touch HD launch was scheduled just a few days after doesn't help either, now thats what the G1 should have been, I think I will be getting one of those as my foray back into PDA market instead.