The fact that you need a mircoSD card to play media is a moot argument. There, right there, right out of the box, one is already in the phone. It’s ready to play media imMEDIAtely.

The lack of a touchscreen keyboard is unfortunate, I guess, for anyone who’s owned an iPhone up to this point. Everyone who has NOT, however, will be very happy. I’m in that majority.

The downloading of music over Wi-Fi only is a bit crappy until you realize that you have unlimited HotSpot access. Then it’s pretty much a moot point. Or you can always just download it via PC and transfer it on over. I can’t really walk two blocks in my 3G-less city without finding a free Wi-Fi location anyway. And there’s a Starbucks, and hence, a T-Mobile HotSpot on every corner. So, not being able to bog down the 3G network with constant song downloads is a minor inconvenience for you, at best, and a major relief for the whole network. The fact that the G1 isn’t available in white for pre-order is more concerning to me than if I’ll be able to download music while driving down the road, or if I’ll have to wait a few minutes to reach a Wi-Fi location.

T-Mobile’s CTO said less than an hour after the conference that the Phone will be sold for full price ($399) unlocked after the 22nd of October, and they would not be changing their current policy of unlocking phones on request if you are a customer in good standing for at least 90 days.

Many HTC phones use the USB adapter for their headphones, adapters are very small, and cost less than $5.00 all over the web. You can use a simple mini-usb in the port for charging, etc. in the G1’s USB port. (It can accept either the “enhanced” HTC proprietary plugs or regular mini-plugs.)

The openness of the platform is why this phone is exciting – it’s not going to be an iPhone killer at launch, but then again, Google was never thought of as a Microsoft killer at launch either.