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The T-Mobile G1 Touch might, at first glance, just look like yet another bland phone from HTC, but just 5 minutes of usage will convince you that it is much more than that. In fact, it is one of the best phones around.
Starting off with the display of the T-Mobile G1 Touch, it is a tad smaller than that of the iPhone, but it is more crisp and clear than that of the iPhone.
This Google phone will require that you have a Google account before you are able to do anything, including activating the phone for use on the T-Mobile network. Since I wasn’t really on their G-1 plan (which is a 3G and EDGE package which gives me 400 messages free every month), I couldn’t really get the phone activated immediately for this review so I had to get some support from T-Mobile. I didn’t really realize the problem immediately, but only found out about it a couple of days after. Once you have activated the phone, you will be directed to the main screen, which basically has 4 default icons known as Dialer, Contacts, Maps and Browser.
The T-Mobile G1 Touch does disappoint in one sense as the phone is fairly heavy due to the presence of the full – QWERTY keyboard, which can be revealed by sliding it sideways. The colour combination used for the keyboard is quite disappointing because, though the backlight shows up the silver present on the keys, the orange present on the ALT key is barely visible. The problem worsens if you are in a low – light area as you will surely not be able to see the ALT key.
The bundled apps are not so bad. There is an IM, built – in Calendar, web browser, integration with Amazon MP3, mobile YouTube, but the best among them was the Google Maps, which is absolutely amazing.

The T-Mobile G1 Touchwas released by HTC as one of the new touch Smartphone’s in the market. The phone measures 2.2 x 0.7 x 4.6 inches. This makes it one of the more pocket friendly smartphones in spite of its size as the edges of the phone are slightly curved. This allows the phone to be easily slipped into even the smallest bag or pocket. The T-Mobile G1 Touchis powered by the Android operating system which makes it easy for the user to navigate through menus and sub menus. The Google android makes this even easier provides easy access to all the applications on the phone. The 192 MB RAM and 256 MB ROM makes it easy to run many applications at a time. This high memory allows you to run even the most advanced applications easily without too much of a hassle.
The QUALCOMM 528 MHzMSM7201A processor is fast and efficient. The keyboard is easy to use as it lies below the screen. The keys are well separated and are easy to use even if you have large fingers. The T-Mobile G1 Touch has a range of connectivity options including quad band GSM, UMTS, EDGE, HSUPA and HSDPA. The 3.2 inch TFT display can support up to 65000 colors at a 320 x 480 resolution. The battery of the T-Mobile G1 Touchis quite good and lasts for a couple of days with no need to recharge. The media player can play a range of formats such as AAC, MP3, AMR, MIDI and AAC+.
Transferring data to and from the phone is easy via the Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR and the USB connector. The memory of the phone can be expanded to store a larger media library using the microSD memory card slot on the side of the phone.