Is Anyone Buying T-Mobile's Googlephone?

Hugh Pickens writes "Laura Holson writes in the NY Times that she 'wandered down to the T-Mobile store at Ninth Ave. and 43rd St. in New York City to see what kind of crowds — if any — were lining up to buy the new T-Mobile G1 which went on sale Wednesday' and saw no lines out the door, no crowding at the counter, and a complete lack of crowds. The iPhone appears to still be the gold standard and Etan Horowitz writes that the G1 'doesn't do a great job showcasing its potential. It isn't as intuitive as the iPhone, and it may take average users a while to figure out basic and advanced shortcuts and features' and 'may appeal more to techies who value open-source products and don't mind a somewhat steep learning curve.' Part of the reason for slow interest may also be that T-Mobile's 3G high-speed data network won't be up and running in many cities until the end of the year."

Comments

No wonder it's not selling

[Idaho]

Check out this story where Neil Gaiman tries to buy one. Indeed it literally doesn't seem to be selling. As in: you cannot obtain one even if you wanted to.

Needs a better name

[AKAImBatman]

A better name would probably help, too.

Customer: "What do you have to compete against the sexiness of the iPhone?"
T-Mobile: "We have just the thing... a GOO-Phone!"
Customer: ...

Re:I love it

[Anonymous Coward]

The important question for you is this: Why do you know what your ex-girlfriend did yesterday? It's time to move on.

Re:I love it

[pavon]

Because she wasn't his ex until yesterday when she dumped him for the phone. That's why I'm not getting one; I just know my computer would do the same. Oh fickle love.

Re:reputation

[Chris Pimlott]

They don't do mondain and they don't do what's been done before.

I fail to see what the villain from Ultima I has to do with this...

Re:reputation

[geekoid]

And that's his greatest strength.

Re:Because they're not Apple

[ArsonSmith]

They claim it two posts above yours.

Re:Stop calling Apple products intuitive

[shaping_innovation]

The only truly intuitive user interface is the nipple. Everything else is learned.

Re:Because they're not Apple

[FuzzyFox]

Did you try listening to music on the iPod?

Re:reputation

[Fred_A]

I think the average person, when they hear the expression "Google Phone", are going to think "innovative" and "creative".

I think they're going to think "Beta".