I've been using the G1 for over a month now. It was quite a ride. In general, I like it a lot, but on the other hand, there are still room for improvement. Since I got the G1, the first phone's RF die on me after 3 weeks, it took me 2 days to convince Tmo to replace it. 10 days later, I found that Tmo shipped me a charger instead of a replacement phone. Then another 4 days to correct their mistake.



As I mentioned in the past (here and here), my next phone need to have 2.5/3G, Wifi, and GPS. Tmo G1 has them all, plus a 3Mp camera. In contrast, Moto Ming has a smaller form factor and flip design, these are the 2 keys reasons I bought it in the first place. However, I missed the Chinese hand-writing input on the Ming, and not really a fan of slide-out keyboard. I'd rather like to see a on-screen keyboard with hand-writing recognition (which also make the phone thinner).

On the other hand, the idea of a phone that is well integrated to the Internet and the Google "cloud" excite me. I always envision that future of the cellphone is on always connected to the Internet. I used many (but not all) Google services such as gmail, maps, and search, they are what I depends on. Even through I am a bit hesitate to take it all with open arm as I have some reservation on being lock-in, having these services on my finger tips is just impressive.

Back to the phone itself:
- The build is solid, but not perfect. i.e. the back cover sometimes not fit snugly
- The touch screen a bit slow response to touch, maybe somewhat due to the screen protector
- Bluetooth contact and file send/receive function is missing
- Camera button is a bit hidden, the camera application response slowly
- The keyboard is somewhat blocked by buttons on the right. It is uncomfortable to type on when headset is connected
- There is a simple notepad application, but data is not save on SD card and it is not integrated to the cloud. Google my notebooks or even Google Doc integration would be nice.
- There is no todo list application or gmail tasks integration. 3rd party applications filled the gap for now, but on-line sync function is missing
- Access to control like Wifi, GPS, Bluetooth, Airplane mode are hard to find. Again, many 3rd party application comes to rescue. i.e. Toggle settings and Andrew S. set of Toggle app

Recently, new applications from Google for Picasa and My maps integration arrived. These applications show Android as a platform are matured rapidly.

Related reading:
T-Mobile G1 impressions: what we love, what we don't
A day with the T-Mobile G1
T-Mobile G1 review