Return on Intention

Tmobile is the proud new papa of the G1, the first Android based phone for sale on a major network in America. Android is the linux-based open source platform created by Google for cell phones. So now Apple and Google both have a product in the market… so who’s is better?

Well, for style and cool factor of the user interface, the iPhone wins hands down. The G1 is an ugly phone, but hey, its only the first Android based phone, so give it some time. Both the iPhone and the G1 are both 3G phones, both have the real web through their webkit (safari) based browsers, both have push email (gmail only for the G1) and both have a chat style texting client. So far, there is no way to link the G1 to a computer, no list style voice mail, no GPS or cool two finger screen manipulation on the G1. Of course the G1 does have one thing the iPhone doesn’t, a full physical querty keyboard. 

Of course, at this point we are overlooking the most important part of both the iPhone and the G1 ( or more specifically Android), they are both open to developers. Android is a fully open project, but both Android and the iPhone have accessible SDKs. Any developer on the planet can now make an application for either or both systems, an application that no one else thought of. The cell phone is becoming democratized. With mobile adoption rates soaring and mobile connectivity becoming ubiquitous, the cell phone is becoming a true digital lifestyle assistant, and now it can be programmed for every lifestyle. 

Whether you are an iPhone lover of a Android zealot, remember that the best is yet to come.

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