Thu 25 Sep 2008
ExtremeTech’s got a great post by Lance Ulanoff (The T-Mobile G1 [Google Android] is No iPhone) of PCMag doing essentially a nice, clean, side-by-side comparison of Google/T-Mobile’s G1 versus the Apple/AT&T iPhone. He took the lenghty articles and boiled them down into a nice bulleted list comparing the features of each phone–what they both have, and where they differ.
G1 vs iPhone
What jumped out at me was the fact that the G1, while sporting a 3 megapixel camera, doesn’t capture video. This has been a built-in feature on HTC for a really long time, so I don’t have any idea why they wouldn’t include video with the G1, which is very much a sought-after feature missing on the iPhone. Also interesting is that the built-in browser on the G1 is based on WebKit–which is also what Chrome is built on top of, and has it’s roots in Apple’s Safari browser. But that aside…no video?? Does anyone have any idea why they would cut this feature? I thought AT&T was the stingy one when it came to cutting features from phones (i.e. my 8525 was supposed to have a camera on the front for video conferencing…which is supported everywhere else in the world…but AT&T cut it out).
And Lance’s ultimate conclusion was that, while he loves the G1, it simply lacks the sex appeal of the iPhone. Hence my image…Which I think I did a pretty good job on, if I do say so myself. And, I do.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
That is the pc guy, not the google guy. Also, i waited to see all the android stuff before I made my decision. I’m getting the htc touch pro.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
That may be the PC guy. But he still is less sexy, not as classy, and thicker than the Apple guy. Just like the G1 is thicker, less sexy, and not as classy. So while it’s a stretch, I still think it works. Plus I didn’t have time to find a picture of Brin to put up there.