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Is Anyone Buying T-Mobile's Googlephone?

Posted by timothy on from the maybe-one-day dept.

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."

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  1. Re:You Lost Me.. by megamerican · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    http://infowars.com/ is much better!

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  2. Re:Because they're not Apple by alexborges · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oh dont be so bitter.

    Its the perfect time to beat on bush hard.

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  3. Re:Because they're not Apple by alexborges · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hell, there are many things about the US *I* can be proud of and i am not an american.

    I trully admire the country and its history. But truth is truth and no country flies on the face of history as a dominating potence without its share of idiotic/evil rulers (the medicis. the borgia, the spanish borbon...and many others all over the world since forever.)

    Thing with the US, is that this happened within our times.

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