The battle that ups the ante in the war for the best mobile devicesThank you iPhone 3G for coming out in your best form. Thank you G1 for the challenge, also in your best form.
And thanks to these two, several others have thrown their respective gauntlet to the arena of what is now dubbed as "the war for the best mobile device."
Now for the first, and much-awaited clash of the Titans, Technews went out of its way to purchase both the iPhone 3G and the Google Phone ahead and served as referee-judge of the inital head-to-head.
The iPhone 3G made a big media splash when it landed here in August. And more than two months since the recorded impressive sales, the predominant opinion is that it's worth to purchase one.
The iPhone 3G is a beauty, like the flawless Korean face of the heroine in a top-rating Koreanovela. Take it from us, the G1 is not as pretty as the iPhone 3G. Fact is, you're up for a big disappointment if you expected to be wowed by the G1.
This phone, released (unleashed?) to fight the iPhone head-on suffers from the looks department. Boring is the word. The boxy design of the G1 so pales in comparison with the elegant physical features of the iPhone. The discrepancy started in the packaging, we must add.
Although both the G1 and the iPhone 3G use the same capacitive touchscreen technology, where you can navigate by flicking your fingers up and down, the G1 has no "squeeze" or "pinch" zoom that can be done with the fingers.
We tested their browsing capabilities and, while the G1 loads faster compared to the iPhone 3G, the latter's "squeeze" and "pinch" feature make it looks better.
The G1 has five buttons in front, just below the screen, tagged as phone, home, the track ball, back and end. There is also the menu button which is like right clicking a mouse to show options of active applications.
Apple's Steve Jobs reportedly hates push-buttons.
The G1 has no software keypad, so you need to slide it open everytime you input text messages. In the young age of touchscreens, we find this ergonomically unsound. The G1 has a "chin" to further point out this slide factor, and we must note that it hampers the right hand in operation.
If you're a constant gmail and internet user, you would love the G1. But you must love it for its inner beauty, unlike our lust for the iPhone 3G -- in and out.
Oh, and while the iPhone 3G has the apps store to boast (and torment some), the G1 has a market where you can download additional applications. The G1 now has close to 200 free apps available for all users from about 20 when it was launched.
Oh, and oh, while the iPhone 3G restriction in the way the app store is managed has a positive reason, we predict some kind of frenzy when the G1 market becomes flooded with useless apps.
The G1 has 3.2-inch TFT-LCD display and a 320x480 resolution, the iPhone has a slightly bigger screen at 3.5-inch and a 320x480 resolution screen. You pick.
A running joke in the office is that the G1 is indeed a "killer." But the victim is not the iPhone 3G but the handsets running on Windows Mobile.
The home screen of the G1 has three panels, swiping right or left will give you access to the additionals shortcuts and applications. The home screen can be fully customized by just pressing the desired application from the MAIN MENU and dropping it to the active panel. Just like a computer.
The G1 as it is would never be an iPhone killer but the word that would bring it up to the top is OPEN. As open source community rush to develop applications for the platform, Android would also develop and grow as a worthy adversary to other platforms out there.
The only relevant review for the G1 is the hardware because it could not be changed, but the software could be updated anytime.
This is only the G1 and it has stirred a lot of attention, let's wait for the G2 or whatever they would call it.
And thanks to these two, several others have thrown their respective gauntlet to the arena of what is now dubbed as "the war for the best mobile device."
Now for the first, and much-awaited clash of the Titans, Technews went out of its way to purchase both the iPhone 3G and the Google Phone ahead and served as referee-judge of the inital head-to-head.
The iPhone 3G made a big media splash when it landed here in August. And more than two months since the recorded impressive sales, the predominant opinion is that it's worth to purchase one.
The iPhone 3G is a beauty, like the flawless Korean face of the heroine in a top-rating Koreanovela. Take it from us, the G1 is not as pretty as the iPhone 3G. Fact is, you're up for a big disappointment if you expected to be wowed by the G1.
This phone, released (unleashed?) to fight the iPhone head-on suffers from the looks department. Boring is the word. The boxy design of the G1 so pales in comparison with the elegant physical features of the iPhone. The discrepancy started in the packaging, we must add.
Although both the G1 and the iPhone 3G use the same capacitive touchscreen technology, where you can navigate by flicking your fingers up and down, the G1 has no "squeeze" or "pinch" zoom that can be done with the fingers.
We tested their browsing capabilities and, while the G1 loads faster compared to the iPhone 3G, the latter's "squeeze" and "pinch" feature make it looks better.
The G1 has five buttons in front, just below the screen, tagged as phone, home, the track ball, back and end. There is also the menu button which is like right clicking a mouse to show options of active applications.
Apple's Steve Jobs reportedly hates push-buttons.
The G1 has no software keypad, so you need to slide it open everytime you input text messages. In the young age of touchscreens, we find this ergonomically unsound. The G1 has a "chin" to further point out this slide factor, and we must note that it hampers the right hand in operation.
If you're a constant gmail and internet user, you would love the G1. But you must love it for its inner beauty, unlike our lust for the iPhone 3G -- in and out.
Oh, and while the iPhone 3G has the apps store to boast (and torment some), the G1 has a market where you can download additional applications. The G1 now has close to 200 free apps available for all users from about 20 when it was launched.
Oh, and oh, while the iPhone 3G restriction in the way the app store is managed has a positive reason, we predict some kind of frenzy when the G1 market becomes flooded with useless apps.
The G1 has 3.2-inch TFT-LCD display and a 320x480 resolution, the iPhone has a slightly bigger screen at 3.5-inch and a 320x480 resolution screen. You pick.
A running joke in the office is that the G1 is indeed a "killer." But the victim is not the iPhone 3G but the handsets running on Windows Mobile.
The home screen of the G1 has three panels, swiping right or left will give you access to the additionals shortcuts and applications. The home screen can be fully customized by just pressing the desired application from the MAIN MENU and dropping it to the active panel. Just like a computer.
The G1 as it is would never be an iPhone killer but the word that would bring it up to the top is OPEN. As open source community rush to develop applications for the platform, Android would also develop and grow as a worthy adversary to other platforms out there.
The only relevant review for the G1 is the hardware because it could not be changed, but the software could be updated anytime.
This is only the G1 and it has stirred a lot of attention, let's wait for the G2 or whatever they would call it.
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