Mar
11
2009
Amazon have today slashed the price of their T-Mobile G1 black models by $82, bringing the handset down to a very affordable $97.99. Unfortunately the white and bronze models are still listed at the normal $179.99 prices, but if you’ve been thinking about snapping up a G1 black handset then now is as good a [...]
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Jan
19
2009
Over the coming weeks T-Mobile’s G1 Android phone will be released across several more European Countries. The G1 will be made available to T-Mobile customers across The Netherlands, Czech Republic and Austria by January 30th. With the G1 launching across Germany on February 2nd, followed by Poland later in the month. In Germany the G1 [...]
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Jan
12
2009
Android developer Luke Hutch has managed to enable multi-touch functionality on his T-Mobile G1 without having to recompile the Android kernal. By using specially developed Android applications and a change to just one classfile, Luke demonstrates full multi-touch scaling and panning on his T-Mobile G1. Multi-touch on the G1 has been a source of much [...]
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Dec
19
2008
T-Mobile UK are planning to reduce the cost of owning the G1 handset for the second time since it’s release in October. T-Mobile’s first ever January sale will see the Android G1 reduced from £35 per month to just £31.50 with free handset. Just last month T-Mobile announced they were knocking £10 off the monthly [...]
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Dec
2
2008
One unfortunate Gizmodo reader has found out the hard way that apparently the G1′s internet access can’t be fully turned off. During a recent trip to the UK, the unlucky T-Mobile G1 owner was hit with a $102.85 data roaming bill – even though he had turned off data roaming, data sync and 3G prior [...]
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Nov
26
2008
T-Mobile UK have reduced their cheapest G1 tariff by £10 in the run up to Christmas. This means that new G1 buyers will be able to get the T-Mobile G1 for just £30 per month with an 8GB memory card thrown in free. New buyers will be required to sign up for a minimum 18 [...]
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Oct
30
2008
Today marks the start of the first Android powered handset to be released across the United Kingdom. Android fans queued from 7am at T-Mobile’s Oxford Street store in London to be amoungst the first people to get their hands on the G1. According to a T-Mobile spokesperson, the first queues began to form at 5am [...]
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Oct
28
2008
A handful of G1 users are reporting that their handsets have been updated today with a new update from T-Mobile. The new update version, RC29 is believed to contain a number of bug fixes for the G1, but it is not yet known exactly what they are. If you’ve received the new over-the-air RC29 update [...]
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Oct
22
2008
The G1 is here. Today marks the official launch day for the first Android powered cellphone – the T-Mobile G1. “During the past month, we’ve seen unbridled excitement for the T-Mobile G1 and the positive impact it will have on the mobile lives of our customers,” said Denny Marie Post, chief marketing officer, T-Mobile USA. [...]
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Oct
15
2008
T-Mobile UK today issued a press release confirming the T-Mobile G1 will be on sale across the United Kingdom on October 30th. The press release also notes that the G1 will only be available in Black and White. Here’s the full press release: T-Mobile G1 with Google to Hit the UK on 30 October First [...]
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