Comments on: Some Fun Facts About The Google Phone

By: calsmama

calsmama — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:48:21 +0000

You have too pay 34.99 for the unlimited text and web browsing on top of your rate for your plan.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:36:36 +0000

Gee, ever think that maybe it matters how long an electric device lasts during regular use?

By: g1ownerandluvit

g1ownerandluvit — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:13:06 +0000

I wish I could do all of those things, but no, I dont have internet service…so i cant download games…or watch youtube……or basicly everything else except for call, text, and look at my contacts. But, i do love it, i just wishi could download games. I wish t-mobie would let my download without paying for interntet. IT IS STUPID. but i do love my g1

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:40:15 +0000

You sound like you think you are a cell phone expert. Don’t fool yourself, your only 10, your facts are wrong (G1 DOES have a video recorder after the 1.5 update) you probably never owned a Black Berry so you can’t say bad things about that. The bottom line is the G1 is a great phone. You need to get back in school, learn how to spell and talk without all your big bad boy swears. Oh yeah you should also give that phone back from where ever you got it and pick yourself up a nice $10 Trac Fone with a $20 Prepaid card. You should be able to afford that with a paper route.

By: BlippieMcFreezums

BlippieMcFreezums — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:24:10 +0000

“The phone has no built in program to terminate programs…you just “back” out of them.”
As a learning dev on Android, I can tell you that is not quite true.
Only a few (4 maybe?) application processes actually run at once. The reason you can go back to them is that each application saves its state in a bundle when it gets scrapped, so when you “go back” to the application you’re actually just loading the state of the application back and restarting it, even if it has been stopped ages ago.
On top of that, the only things running on the system at any time are the current activity (i.e. the interface you can see) and any services (like the part of the music player that keeps it running in the background, even after you back out of the application). Everything else is paused.

As a tip, try using the “back” button instead of the home button if you’re finished with the app. It doesn’t bother saving the state and just quits it. It should save a little (though probably not much) battery life. Use the home button if you’re just interrupting the task briefly.

By: Marcy

Marcy — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:52:59 +0000

I agree. I love my G1 but it seems the battery dies after only a few hours of use.

By: amanda

amanda — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:26:57 +0000

I totally agree i have to charge my g1 at least once a day sometimes a lot more i feel like the battery dies every hours but i still absolutly love my g1!!!

By: No2L

No2L — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:10:09 +0000

I am considering getting the G1 as my next phone. I would Love a BB but ~ I Do NOT Want to Pay almost $75.00 a Month for a Phone (with All the Additional Services). I know TMobile is offering a really good deal for $39.99 a month for the basic service ~ but how much does the Total Bill come to ~ if you want to Surf and do Email and Tweet (my desired new uses)??? Anyone willing to reveal what they Pay??? Thanks, Ann

By: amber

amber — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:34:38 +0000

silly question i know but once you downloaded songs onto the G1, can you assign them to callers or as ring tones? i have the sidekick 08 and you cant use your downloaded songs as ring tones and i hate it. :( but imloving this G1 phone and all its apps…sounds so cool. :)

By: James Kirkman

James Kirkman — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:09:10 +0000

I have updated my G1 to version 1.5 “cupcake” and now have video recording. The videos do play back from the SIM just fine. As for turn by turn nav – AFAIK – it doesnt exist… good luck!