Review: Google's first phone smart, but needs work

October 16, 2008 By RACHEL METZ , AP Technology Writer
Review: Google's first phone smart, but needs work (AP)

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In this Sept. 23, 2008 file photo, the T-Mobile G1 Android-powered phone, the first cell phone with the operating system designed by Google Inc., is shown in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

(AP) -- Given Google Inc.'s reputation as a trend setter on the Web, I expected great things from its first mobile phone - especially since it is emerging more than a year after Apple Inc. launched the enormously popular iPhone. And while it's far from perfect, the G1 powered by Google's Android operating system is packed with plenty of consumer-oriented features that may even make iPhone fans take notice.


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Falcon
Oct 16, 2008

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Sorry to be a flamer but that is not Google's phone... Google only made the operating system. If there are problems with the hardware then the manufacturer should be blamed for those shortcomings.
mattytheory
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^ I wouldn't consider that flaming, I would consider it acknowledging FACT. =)
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