The mobile platform sponsored by Google as part of the Open Mobile Alliance, evolved from their 2005 acquisition of the company with the same name.
Resources:
| Date | Link | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | ||
| Nov 7 | Worst. Bug. Ever. | Although this was fixed fairly quickly, it is the perfect example of why mobile phones aren’t exactly trivial to “improve upon” using today’s technology. |
| Oct 31 | iPhone vs T-Mobile G1 | A short comparison. |
| Oct 24 | Android Phone Teardown | How weird is it that this is in Japan? |
| Oct 22 | HTC Dream T-Mobile G1 (black) Smartphone review | |
| Oct 21 | Android is now Open Source | Let’s see if someone will port this to Intel and get it running on a netbook… |
| Oct 16 | Almost Human: a review of Google’s Android G1 phone | Good reading – a thorough appraisal. |
| State of the Art – A Look at Google’s First Phone | Pogue weighs in. | |
| T-Mobile G1 review | ||
| T-Mobile G1 Google Android Phone Review | ||
| Oct 15 | Review: Over 260 images and 5 videos of the T-Mobile G1 Google Android device | A tad overkill, but interesting nonetheless. |
| What Android Can Learn From the iPhone: It’s the Software, Stupid. | Brilliant title. | |
| The Google Phone Review: What I Love & Hate About T-Mobile G-1 | Om weighs in. | |
| Google answers the iPhone | Walt Mossberg’s take. | |
| T-Mobile G1 review | Engadget’s lenghty two-part article, covering hardware and software (loads of imagery). | |
| T-Mobile G1, a hands-on introduction to the first Android phone | Some interesting videos | |
| Review of the T-Mobile G1 Google phone | Pretty comprehensive gallery. | |
| Oct 9 | First T-Mobile G1 user review | Not particularly gushing. |
| Sep 23 | Video: Android walkthrough on T-Mobile G1 | A few demos |
| Sep 16 | Google shows off masked Android handset | About a year later, one of the first sightings of actual hardware (but running over Wi-Fi). I don’t get the “masked” bit, though – the hardware’s pretty obvious. |
| 2007 | ||
| Nov 11 | Wikipedia | Background info |
| Nov 12 | Android SDK | Includes plenty of links to videos and reference information |