The G1 Google Phone and the Android review

I got a chance to play with a G1 (aka the Google Phone) by HTC the day before the long awaited handset came out. Jeff Ehling was doing a story on the barcode reading function.

It was pretty cool. The T-Mobile phone is not as elegant as the iPhone, but at least it has a real QWERTY keyboard that I can actually type on.

Of course the real value of the G1 are all those programs you'll be able to download that will allegedly give us some cool apps. Some Apple enthusiasts might argue the iPhone is already doing this, but the G1 will allegedly be more open source and not as closed as Jobs phone.

Jay Lee went farther than I did. He didn't just play with a Google Phone. He went out and bought one. READ HIS REVIEW HERE