The third quarter of this year ended with some interesting wireless developments, but industry leaders remained entrenched in their US-rankings. With the FCC’s approval of the deal, Verizon had cleared their last regulatory hurdle in their bid to acquire wireless carrier Alltel. The merger will give Verizon Wireless the subscriber-base to leap-frog over AT&T into…
White T-Mobile G1 Image Gallery
Still itching to get your hands on the White T-Mobile G1? Thankfully, the folks over at Android Central got their hands on the white model. They’ve snapped some pictures for us to enjoy, some of which I’ve included below. The peeps over there seem to be big boosters of the white model… and I have…
T-Mobile G1 Price Drop Hits the UK
The T-Mobile G1 dropped in the UK on October 30th, and already there are new price drops. At launch, you could pick up a nifty G1 on a £40/mth contract. Sounded pretty decent at the time… but yet again, early adopters are getting the shaft… Well, sort of. T-Mobile has now dropped the monthly contract…
T-Mobile G1 Internet Access Can’t Be Turned Off
If you travel abroad a lot, you might want to leave your T-Mobile G1 at home… That is, unless you want to rack up a nice chunk of change in roaming charges. A tipster recently dropped a note over to the folks at Gizmodo, telling them that his data roaming bill had reached $102.85… Even…
First Batch of American Express ‘My Wishlist’ T-Mobile G1’s Sold Out
As we all certainly expected, the first batch of 200 T-Mobile G1’s that were up for sale on the American Express ‘My Wishlist’ site have sold out. Didn’t take that long either. At a reduced $125 per G1, no doubt they were selling like hot cakes. Not to worry though, if you still want to…
American Express ‘My Wishlist’ Site Features T-Mobile G1 for $125
Really want a T-Mobile G1, but don’t want to pay the full price for the device? I stumbled across a deal on the G1 this morning that is sure to please the G1 seekers out there. Only catch is you’ll need an American Express Card to take advantage of the deal. For a limited time…
G1 Auto-Rotation Coming Soon?
If you own a T-Mobile G1, you certainly know that the screen orientation already changes from portrait to landscape when you slide out the keyboard. That said, the screen will not rotate when you simply turn the device in your hand… even though the accelerometer on-board is there to make this feature possible (you would…
Colorware does T-Mobile G1
Colorware keeps expanding the list of devices they are willing to color-customize for their clients. Recently, we reported they have started doing “their thing” for the iPhone 3G and BlackBerry Bold, and now they’ve announced the T-Mobile G1 support. The pricing starts at $175, which will make your or new G1 (you can either send…
T-Mobile G1 now available in White!
Not feeling the drab, Fall-inspired Black and Bronze colors that T-Mobile has been offering with their T-Mobile G1? Not buying into the notion that “Bronze is the new brown?” Good news! T-Mobile has just made the White T-Mobile G1 official. T-Mobile has announced that all T-Mobile retail channels are now offering up the decidedly lighter-hued…
Video Proof of Concept: Multi-Touch on the T-Mobile G1
I’ve been hearing rumblings over the past little while. Rumblings that hidden somewhere within all that lovely code that makes up the Android OS is the capability to make multi-touch a reality on the G1. Low-and-behold, this morning when I got down to a little bit of work, developer RyeBrye has posted a proof of…