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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 amRadioHed · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There are still many things about the US that we can be proud of, but Presidential elections are not one of those things. The electoral system, lousy first across the post ballots, low turnout, voter disenfranchisement, faulty voting machines, elections held on work days, ridiculously long and expensive campaigns....

    I could go on, but the system has countless flaws. Other countries can and do do it better.

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  4. 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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