I can't wait for tomorrow, and then October. I'm starting to feel guilty about my hacked iPhone.

Okay, not really, but the Dream does look like it might be worth switching for.

Also: I love the new comments, Giz, but what's with the forthcoming ability to login with your Facebook account? Are Facebook and Gwaker merging?

jopari

Tricia Helfer with a dial pad... sign me up!
now that would be something worth holding up to your ear :D

dOk

@mmmiles: yeah the iphone is pretty sweet.

unkpku is sick

As someone mooching off someone else's T-Mobile plan, I will totally be keeping a close eye on this sucker when it hits.

YourTechSupport

It won't mess with the iPhone market, but it will sure throw in a monkey wrench for RIM/Symbian and WMobile.

Ken_Darrow

Oh Boyee! Get your excited caps on!
Imagine a liveblog that doesn't end in disappointment.

ALT

It has begun...

nightsky

@unkpku is sick: She's a ROWWWBOUGHT

I hope Android is amazing. But it's really going to have to be super amazing to make it worth moving on from the iPhone. I have a feeling I'm going to be underwhelmed?

Either way I support Google taking over the planet, and this seems like a good notch in their belt.

mmmiles

@unkpku is sick: She's an android. Google makes sexy software. Android will be sexy. She's an android.

Kaiser-Machead on the Edge

why don't i get that picture?

unkpku is sick

I think I'm in the market for a new phone at the perfect time!

OK... Early adopters form a line to the left... And remember! In 30 days report back to Dusty and give him your thoughts on the Android phone.

DustyButt

I'm not goona be the first ones to jump into this. If everybody likes it and it runs smoothly, I will gladly jump into the mix. Yeah for open OS

Tweak

can't wait

vgart

I'm gonna wait this one out for a few reasons. 1.) To give Apple some time to redeem themselves and to get their act together and maybe not be total Nazis and release more good stuff for the iPhone (so that I don't go jumping the gun and ditch my iPhone for this). 2.) Wait to see if Android lives up to its expectations. 3.) Wait for an Android phone to come to my carrier.

Seinosuke

FYI, Bluetooth is in. Only the API's are out. No word on Google Talk though. There are a lot of websites reporting no bluetooth for some reason. This just isn't the case.

wisevillageidiot

I'm very interested in this. Looks promising. I had an ipod touch, then upgraded to an iphone that i bought for $100 and used it over the summer for 2 months. Then sold the iphone and i am currently using a generic cellphone and a 1st gen ipod shuffle.

j12

CAN NOT WAIT!!!

BTW like the new comments.

JackMatt

If my T-Mobile plan is at a point where it won't hurt my wallet too much then I may just shell out and give it a try. I had the Shadow but didn't like the NEO interface so I sold it to a buddy of mine and bought the HTC Wing. A couple cooked ROM's later and I'm bored again...so we'll see.

Looking forward to the liveblog tomorrow. Would the masters of Giz be able to confirm the inclusion of a traditional headphone port? Also internal memory and max for external cards please?

Selcouth14: Add 28 for the answer

Somebody needs to post a video of the lines that are expected.

Ken_Darrow

Phone is not going to match the hotness of the advergirly - mark my words.....

MINI Driver

I'm looking forward to see if someone live casts from the line on Qik.com and Kyte.com or something like that.

Charbax2

@nightsky: All of this has happened before, and it will happen again.

dingus

Based on the pic, her dialpad appears -- appropriately enough -- to be binary only.

Brdf

I'm waiting for UK release date, as this is likely to be behind US date I will be forced to wait, which may mean I miss any early bugs.

Baldyman1966

i'm just excited for another worthy entrant into the touchscreen phone market. put some pressure on apple

MrBlahBlah

Can anyone explain to me why the us has such poor 3G coverage. I know its a big place so national coverage whould be difficult and very expensive, but you don't seem to have good 3G in Major cities.

Baldyman1966

How are the bathrooms compared to those at the Apple event?

Scott

"Did you guys see that crazy rumor they'd only be selling the g1 where they have 3g? No one would confirm yet, but it was mentioned that'll be 80 percent of T-MO's base by year end" They better release this phone to all of their customers. Cincinnati is getting no love for their 3G network.

zanthian

That will be complete bs if it's only sold in 3g areas.

Scott

I'm wondering if/when they will bring the G1 to Canadian shores (Rogers/Fido 3G version)... I'd buy it in a second!

scumm_boy

Yes, I'll take one without 3G. I live in The Bahamas, where they just upgraded to GSM(!?!).

elvisml2

Where is the Qik.com live video feed?

Charbax2

No TMOBILE 3G in the ENTIRE STATE OF OHIO!? Pathetic. Thanks for saving me money on the purchase I was about to make of the G1!

xphyle

I would gladly ditch my iPhone (on TMob) for a G1 even if it were EDGE only in my area. Its all I have now, so I expect nothing more atm.

sototallycarl

I'm prolly gonna get just to play with android

Sorablade

Do want.

Slack3r78

@danatoth:

I'm 6'3" 300 lbs.... I may not be able to run fast but I guarantee my ability to grab and sit is superior... that wouldn't be a wise decision =-O

CrucialTK

@Charbax2: wtf rock music is that!?

CrucialTK

I'll be out there to tackle the first sucka to walk out of the store and gank his phone.....just watch haha, yeah man where I am right there is no 3g although at&t is claiming its coming "soon"......salespeople....I fart in your general direction!

danatoth

@CrucialTK: Or perhaps Google is launching a video games console as well?

Charbax2

@Scott: How bad do you want one? :sneaky sneaky:

CrucialTK

Sounds like a test of the emergency broadcast system to me

CrucialTK

Live video is starting at [announcement.t-mobileg1.com]

Charbax2

How about, excited enough to be reading now. But, not excited enough to miss my tee time.

soggy_cheerio

@CrucialTK: Yeah I'm out in the middle of no where about 120 miles North of Denver and all we have is Edge. Not even Denver has 3G so if they only sell in 3G markets I'm not real sure how I'll get one. Maybe a little social engineering with customer service.

Scott

we'll find out, as I'm between baltimore and DC, so I'll be in edge with it at least a little bit.@Scott:

CrucialTK

Will it work with UMA and Tmobile home?

iPhoneGroupie

Anyone know if the G1 will work with Edge?

Scott

John Mayer. I really hate him and can't stand seeing you giz bloggers go nuts over him.

kegsofduff

Mahoney:

lol.fail!

phorty40

Its a GERMAN!!!!.... but he's not the fat one

CrucialTK

@Scott: I imagine they'd be substantially less JohnMayerPoo-filled.

Toshie

@CrucialTK: Bad enough to pull a few tricks to get my hands on one but not bad enough to look at jail time :)

Scott

wait, what? without 3g?

phorty40

G1 without 3G? Uh... I'd have to try it first and see how it handled.

Crashproof

I thought there was just a big food emporium under there. Amazing they stuck a TMobile store there too. And is that grass? Actual grass in NYC ? The best part about that place it its proximity to bed bath and beyond. The vertical one with special escalators for your shopping cart.... where u can overpay for mighty putty and cheap towels...

chrism123

anyone in the long island area have any troubles with Edge?

phorty40

matt:
Starting in 10 minutes. Good, this overly large German dude just jacked the seat next to me, and now I feel small.

LMAO

Thom

@CrucialTK: I think it's porn music.

soggy_cheerio

Is it just me or is anyone else feeling a collective *YAWN* coming on right about now?

-Scott

Netscott

How'd you guys get into Gustavino's without chicks!?!?

qbrad

it looks veeeery perty. do want!

phorty40

the potential is there , just look at the jailbroken apple community and all the software that will never see the apple app store.

but it will take time for devs to make the jump. how much? wishful thinking is somewhere between half a year and longer to get things fully running.

around which phones that fully utilize android will be out , so theres definately a hesistant nature.

phorty40

Jason Mraz, even more bad ass!

Scott

@MINI Driver:
Hear, hear.

DisposableInterloper

Is that Bill Gates!

Scott

I can't say I'm especially excited. I mean, sure, first Android phone, wooooot, but this doesn't have anything even approaching the magic of an Apple-related event.

DisposableInterloper

this just in...
Google known the internets

phorty40

the delay time between androids release and a decent phone company supporting it (samsung/lg) might force me to get an iphone ... pewp

phorty40

KICK ASS!!!!! VIVA LA OPEN SOURCE!

Scott

lol, so its not coming out next month? Thats some booty chowder

CrucialTK

end of the year? ugh.

phorty40

The jerks need to make it so I can buy the damn thing!

CrucialTK

sounds like they are counting on third party devs to fill in the gaps

phorty40

@phorty40: I use a Curve w/o the exchange and its fine lol

CrucialTK

No Desktop Syncing? WTF?

I'm assuming it'll all be drag and drop then? A smartphone with no smart(er) terminal at one end? Really?

jbang

$179 (awesome)
sim locked (meh)
oct 22nd release(yay!)
no exchange (la pewp)

phorty40

Ask this: Can you install VOIP applications, can you use a lot of bandwidth with applications or download or stream large video files using the browser and the media player? Is Youtube full Youtube Flash video support?

Charbax2

No Exchange Support. Isn't a blackberry killer.

iPhoneGroupie

No Exchange? Bollocks.

Seinosuke

I heard WIFI but how about UMA and T-Mobile @Home?

iPhoneGroupie

@phorty40: Ya, I really wish they would have sent something like this to my carrier, I totally would have gone for it, but T-Mobile is crap here. Here's for hoping it becomes popular enough to spread.

Null42

$25 and $35 addon data plans. Phone for $179! Eat that Apple & ATT!

Scott

i believe there is no required data plan outside of the 25/35 , excluding the voice plan you have setup.

phorty40

@phorty40: Thanks, I got that from the press conference. However, that still doesn't answer my questions.

Do I have to have a data plan when I get the phone? Or can I just use wifi?

If I want to send a text message, do I have to have a data plan? Or, since I'm already paying $5 for unlimited texting, can I just use the text messaging plan I already have?

Shook-Yang

Ooh, i want one now. Get rid of this stupid BlackJack II

Tweak

@Shook-Yang:

Date and Pricing
$179 on October 22nd. (That's with a two year contract.) Unlimited internet with "some messaging" will run $25/month. Unlimited internet and messaging is $35/month. Data plans will require voice plans.

phorty40

I have a few questions that weren't answered by the press conference, or I was distracted with work.

1) Do you have to have a data plan? I was planning on just using wifi.

2) Do you have to have the data plan to send text messages? I'm already paying $5 for unlimited text. Does this mean I will no longer need to?

Shook-Yang

@CrucialTK: No doubt! I keep refreshing the screen. I do believe they said that T-Mobile customers will get the first batch starting today.

Scott

@Seinosuke: It's open source. Give it a month.

Scott

@Scott: I'm pretty sure the words "Jason Mraz" and "bad ass" have never been uttered in the same sentence...ever in the history of time.

wakeupbomb

@Scott:

there is only one open source project that has ever partially worked with exchange, and it didnt work well, and that is evolution, and its functionality is limited. mobile me is the only other thing i know of that is not made by MS. The MS api for exchange is completely lacking and makes it imposible to develop for. I mean people can sync emails and folders using IMAP, and contacts can be grabed using mapi i have seen that done before, but sharing calendars, good luck finding someone who can figure that out.

mmoylan

No tethering?? OUCH! Maybe I'll switch to WinMo6.1 instead.

ackthbbft