A Look @ T-Mobile’s G1 Phone

The phone drops in November for 179.99 with a 2 year contract. This is the first phone to use Google’s Android OS and features a touch screen, full keyboard, trackball and 3 megapixel camera.


Let’s compare and see if the iPhone is better than G1 or it is the other way around.

First of all, let’s talk about the platform and the device. Apple Inc. created their own mobile phone, integrated their own operating system and even included their own content eecosystem. On the other hand, the G1 was created using an open platform. This simply means that any software publisher can easily design program that will work on T-Mobile’s G1 and to the Android operating system of the phone as well. However, it is still too early to tell if developers will be flocking the Android platform like they did with the iPhone. One point goes to the iPhone.

Now, let us compare the hardware specs. The iPhone is lighter compared to the G1. It only weighs as much as 133g while the rival is 158g. And although many iPhone owners used to rant about the battery life of the device, they should be thankful that their iPhone can last up to 300 hours (standby) whereas the G1 only lasts for 130 hours. Again, one point goes to the iPhone.

After a few months, let’s see if Apple Inc.’s iPhone still gets the lead against the G1 or other upcoming smartphones for that matter.

Apple Newton (PDA) Coming Soon

Here are some photos of the revamped Apple Newton, which also resembles the iPhone. It features a slim clamshell design with dual multi-touch displays and a camera.






Apple Inc, which helped spawn the PDA market with its Newton MessagePad line in the early '90s, plans to give the concept another go with a modern day reincarnation of the old fan favorite based on the company's new mutli-touch technology, AppleInsider has learned.

With the initial iPhone now out the door and two successive models well underway in Apple's labs, it's believed to be full steam ahead for the modern day Newton project. Like iPhone and the iPod touch, the new device runs an embedded version of Apple's Mac OS X Leopard operating system.

Externally, the mutil-touch PDA has been described by sources as an ultra-thin "slate" akin to the iPhone, about 1.5 times the size and sporting an approximate 720x480 high-resolution display that comprises almost the entire surface of the unit. The device is further believed to leverage multi-touch concepts which have yet to gain widespread adoption in Apple's existing multi-touch products -- the iPhone and iPod touch -- like drag-and-drop and copy-and-paste.

More broadly characterized as Apple's answer to the ultra-mobile PC, the next-gen device is believed to be tracking for a release sometime in the first half of 2008. Assuming the project remains clear of roadblocks, sources believe it could make an inaugural appearance during Jobs' Macworld keynote in January alongside some new Mac offerings. Still, manufacturing ramp and availability would seem unlikely until closer to mid-year, those same sources say.

Apple announces ultra-thin laptop

Apple boss Steve Jobs has unveiled the world's thinnest laptop, called the MacBook Air.

The computer, which is 0.76 inches (1.93cm) at its thickest point, was unveiled at an event in San Francisco.

The Apple head also launched online film rentals for iTunes users in the US from almost every major film studio, including Disney and Fox.

"We're dying to get this international as well," said Mr Jobs, saying it would roll-out worldwide later in the year.

Of the laptop, Mr Jobs said: "It's an amazing feat of engineering."

It does not have a CD or DVD drive in order to save space. "It was built to be a wireless machine," he added.

The laptop will compete with a range of portable devices, from companies such as Sony, Dell and Asus, which are already building so-called sub-notebooks, designed to be lighter and more mobile.

The machine goes on sale in two weeks and costs from $1,799 in the US (£1,199 in the UK) and comes with either an 80 Gigabyte hard disc drive as standard or 64 Gigabyte solid state drive for an added $999.