On Sun, 2009-07-05 at 13:09 -0700, Lisa Kachold wrote: > > > On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Joshua A. Andler <scis...@gmail.com> > wrote: > I have a G1 and absolutely love it. The physical keyboard is a > little > smaller than I would like, but it's not nearly as bad as some > I've used. > > I did also root my phone so it can now do pretty much anything > I throw > at it. The primary benefits to rooting it are being able to do > whatever > you want with your hardware ;), a fun little project for a > couple hours > while rooting it, wireless tethering, and being able to use a > bunch of > the "for root users" apps on the marketplace (low level backup > stuff for > your phone, task manager, and other great utilities). > > Even w/o rooting, the most useful apps I've found and use are: > a > terminal (pretty capable), a telnet client, irc client, > ftp/sftp client, > an IM client with support for all major IM protocols, VNC > (definitely a > bit slow, but still usable if you're patient), and every type > of > distraction imaginable... skymap, a metal detector app, a > tuning app for > instruments (incredibly accurate), games, etc. > > So perhaps I actually just explained how it's really good at > wasting > time. :D > > Either way, if you have any Qs about the G1 hardware, > software, or > experience let me know. > > Yes, the touch screen is really good. On a G2 from Ebay (China) > unlocked (which works with TMobile dataplan sims) [$140.00) you don't > have all the added TMobile stuff and better screen art/design, and > there IS NO KEYBOARD. I haven't seen the G2 from TMobile yet.
Oh, another fun thing with the rooted G1, it does support multi-touch... (as long as the apps you use are set to utilize it). As for the T-mobile specific apps... I didn't really use them so it was a non-issue for me. As for the art-related stuff, it was fine by me... I didn't really notice anything significantly different there. As for G1 vs G2... I specifically wanted the physical KB, which is why I opted for a G1. Although, I will say, any extra CPU power you could get should actually be considered as potentially more important, especially if you plan on using SSH. Cheers, Josh --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
