Comments on: T-Mobile Unveils the HTC G1: The World’s First “Android” Phone http://blogs.artvoice.com/techvoice/2008/09/23/t-mobile-unveils-the-htc-g1-the-worlds-first-android-phone/ Science, tech, computers, gadgets and more Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:36:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Enyedi Szilard http://blogs.artvoice.com/techvoice/2008/09/23/t-mobile-unveils-the-htc-g1-the-worlds-first-android-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Enyedi Szilard Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:44:00 +0000 http://blogs.artvoice.com/techvoice/?p=209#comment-167 I don't think the "community of users developing new applications for it" aspect is so ground breaking; I'm using Windows Mobile phones and there is lots of "creative and innovative" software for this platform. If Google, HTC and T-Mobile will control the applications to be installed on the phone, the device will be stable, but development won't be 100% free. This is iPhone-esque. If they leave the development open, they'll have what Windows Mobile has: a large developer and software base, but also incompatibility issues. In my opinion, both the iPhone and Android hype has to do with looks, not hardware/software features: the iPhone looks nicer than the HTC Diamond I'm about to get; OS X (probably also Android) look better than vanilla Windows Mobile 6.1. I doubt developers will have better access to Android's functions than to OS X's or Windows Mobile's. Maybe they'll improve Android Linux, though. I don’t think the “community of users developing new applications for it” aspect is so ground breaking; I’m using Windows Mobile phones and there is lots of “creative and innovative” software for this platform. If Google, HTC and T-Mobile will control the applications to be installed on the phone, the device will be stable, but development won’t be 100% free. This is iPhone-esque. If they leave the development open, they’ll have what Windows Mobile has: a large developer and software base, but also incompatibility issues. In my opinion, both the iPhone and Android hype has to do with looks, not hardware/software features: the iPhone looks nicer than the HTC Diamond I’m about to get; OS X (probably also Android) look better than vanilla Windows Mobile 6.1. I doubt developers will have better access to Android’s functions than to OS X’s or Windows Mobile’s. Maybe they’ll improve Android Linux, though.

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