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Concerning T-MOBILE and the G1
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So, after some research, I've decided on the G1 to get as a phone. Good choice? Yes? No?
My main question, however, is if I can upload money to the account as I please and use it up as I wish, or if I HAVE to pay for a plan with this phone?
I could do what I just mentioned above with my RAZR...I'm just not sure if I can do it with G1, and I can't find if it says so anywhere online.
Thanks!
My main question, however, is if I can upload money to the account as I please and use it up as I wish, or if I HAVE to pay for a plan with this phone?
I could do what I just mentioned above with my RAZR...I'm just not sure if I can do it with G1, and I can't find if it says so anywhere online.
Thanks!
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I'm pretty sure you have to have a normal plan with it.
If you have any specific questions about the phone or T-mobile's postpaid offerings, feel free to ask.
Unlimited data+ 400 sms/mmsfor $25.
Also, if you don't want to wait to order it online, call the stores that are in any of the new t-mobile 3G coverage areas (check their website). Basically, 15 major cities or so just got set up with the new network and stores near those areas physically carry the phones.
The remaining stores that don't have 3G network coverage won't get them until the next round of online orders go out, which would be late Nov to late Dec.
I live in CO, but Denver area isn't getting 3G until December. I just happened to be in Oakland, CA (near San Francisco, which just got 3G last week) and called the Oakland stores and they all had 30 phones or so, while the Boulder stores are SOL and JWF.
I do have a ridiculous question about it. This is my first high-tech phone, first one w/ web access, all that good stuff. You know how when you set up your VM, or when you talk to any automated phone service, you have to press buttons on your keypad? Well, eventually you'll need to press star and pound ... which I can't find on the keyboard. The keyboard has an asterik on the 8 key, and the pound sign on the 3 key, but those don't function as star and pound when you press them for an automated phone (they're 3 & 8). I don't think hitting Alt+that button works eithers.
So when I'm setting up my VM and I have to hit star when finished recording my VM greeting ... what do I press?
I'm assuming that would be the way to do it though, and that issue is something with the phone or T-Mobile. Thanks!
Only thing you should remember is that if you use IM other than Google Talk, each IM message counts as a SMS message since apparently the other IM interfaces use SMS as the gateway. So, if you're a heavy IM user, you might want to consider the unlimited SMS plan, or find another IM client for the G1 that doesn't use the SMS gateway as its messaging connection.
My area doesn't have 3G; however, I've still found it to be usable (if slow) without it. At home on WiFi (or near hotspots, you get free access to the T-Mobile hotspots with the data plan) it's positively snappy.
The battery is actually a lot more than it seems - having certain features turned on (GPS and WiFi for example) will eat it faster, but the battery indicator is pretty conservative, it will start reading low quite some time before you actually run out of juice. I left mine on with everything on for a good two days before it shutdown to protect the battery.
I've heard mixed reviews.
The deal itself is £40 a month for unlimited texts, unlimited (read: 3GB) internet browsing and 800 minutes. How's that sound?
Does it get annoying not having an on-screen touch keyboard?
Sorry to hi-jack slightly.
Some people have reported a bit of unresponsiveness with the keypad, but I haven't seen it. Personally I think it's better than the keyboard on an iPhone, as there's a bit more space. And even though it has touchscreen, you don't HAVE to touch the screen for most things, you can use the trackball to move around.
Actually, for some things, it is. It shouldn't be, since it wasn't on my Sidekick, but that didn't have a touch screen, so you didn't expect it.
It's not really a big deal, but for quick entries, when you only need to type a few characters (for example a password or a search string), sometimes you wish you didn't have to slip the screen open, even though it's really not that big a deal.
From what I understand a soft-keyboard is in the development roadmap for Android, so it's pretty certain that we'll get it as a standard data-entry method that's available to all applications relatively soon (rather than applications having to implement one themselves). It wasn't high priority because, after all, it's got a pretty servicable keyboard to begin with.
I was going to go in for a Sidekick, but when I saw the G1 I assumed it was like the new gen sidekick.
Is the instant messaging outside of Gtalk really that terrible?
Also I had a look around and found that meebo have made an app for it. Would that app be an improvement on the inbuilt instant messaging (ie. not using SMS based chatting)?
I heard this as well. So if it's a deal-breaker, don't let it be, 'cause it sounds like it'll be fixed soon enough.
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