On Sun, 2009-07-05 at 13:09 -0700, Lisa Kachold wrote:
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Joshua A. Andler <
scislac@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.