http://www.rogers.com/web/content/wireless-text/featuredphones?content3=a

PS is there anything like the app store on another phone? Can you use your phone as a mouse for your laptop? Visual voicemail?( I would think BlackBerry would be all over this before the Storm was to come out.) Well then, I guess Apples mobile device is pretty unique then.

Jealousy is an ugly thing.

Some of you are outright making mistatements. EDGE network??? Did you miss the piece about 20-some-odd cities that will have T-mobile 3G network by October, before the G1 is released?

The guy who made a list and is trying to scare parents and Christians with the words 'porn' and 'lust' lists the downpoints of the PHONE G1, not of the OS Android (and even mistakenly refers to the phone as Android). The other half of his statements aren't even true or confirmed (and how could one know? Did they get their hands on a G1 yet? Yeah, didn't think so). Tech sites actually have side by side photos of G1 next to iPhone and G1 is actually smaller, not bulkier. And it syncs wirelessly. What a liar, and for what? Because they are an iphone fan? Ok, more power to you… but what has you so scared that you have to outright lie? Says a lot about your character.

The cell industry has been dealing with multiple platforms/OS's for years… it's nothing new and it's certainly not 'mayhem'. You have Palm, Symbian, Windows Mobile, iphone and RIM… and now you have one more, Android. 'Mayhem'. Please, what hyperbole.

HTC is a solid manufacturer of phones… anyone who knows anything about smartphones and PDA-phones will tell you. I'm sorry, but when I think 'smartphone', I think HTC (I have owned 2 now), Palm and Blackberry. Sometimes Nokia and Sony come out with a gem as well.

Then another person compared it to the MS Zune… um, in my neck of the woods, the Zune is starting to become attractive. The iPod classic and Nano's are so saturated and typical that a lot of people I know are looking elsewhere. So the Zune didn't become an instant hit and overthrew iPod… it doesn't have to. But the Zune is gaining a following. Have you compared a Zune's screen to the Ipod's? (Ipod touch is exempt, I'm talking Classics and Nano's). It's very surprising, but if you take the time to look at a Zune, you'll realize how much nicer it is and it doesn't look like it should belong to an 11-year old like most iPods do. I have a 60GB iPod video that I'm just waiting to crap out on me so I can go get a Zune.

I'm not bashing Apple though… my iPod has been with me through thick and thin, but the form factor is getting old and other than the Touch/iPhone, innovation has been stale from them.

No one is going to overthrow anyone. It's all media hype to sell these phones is all. Android is not going to be the end-all, be-all of cellular OS's, and neither is Mac. or WinMo. Users will pick what is right for them and go with it.

look at you mac fans, aka noobie computer uers, bash the article and author….all because you're scared your overpriced, under-performing shiny piece of technology is about to be confronted on all its worst points and be just another phone with the same old capabilities and less.

you people are pathetic; the author is providing you reliable good info and all you can do is cower with your yellow spines and whine, complain and deny the inevitable.

looks like the iTards strike with all the fear in their bodies……again!

dang you must feel really low to be an apple fanatic; of course, with no spine, a gut full of fear and no technological savvy, i suppose you wouldn't even notice.

perhaps romper-room should begin making phones so you feeble minded can hold on to something more your mentality.

There may be a place for the google phone but I highly doubt it will be received with the same fanfare as the iphone was when it was first introduced.

If you want open software without the tight control of Apple, Microsoft and yes Google, go put Linux on your PC or mobile phone and run it. But if you want a shiny amalgamation of steel, silicon and copper that can be worn as jewlery, look no where else but Apple.

The important concept here is that Android allows for the same OS on different hardware and different networks. More choice, but also a potential for problems making the two work together. The real difference to me is that this is the first phone made available. With multiple hardware companies in the OHA (Motorola, LG, etc) it won't be long before there a couple Android options out there.

Oh, and James from CA should read before he posts incorrect info. The phone has bluetooth, there is an Android marketplace with apps, and of course it doesn't have accessories yet, it isn't available to purchase until October. And the rest of your comments should only be made after using it, so unless you were in NY yesterday morning, you have no basis for your statements.