Google Phone Released in Six Days

T-Mobile's G1 is a touchscreen cell phone with Google's operating system, Android. It includes a few capabilities the iPhone does not have but with poor hardware. It also only works best on T-Mobile's fastest data plan which is currently in limited locations. Lets take a look at all it's good and bad elements.

Good:

• Price: $299 with a two-year contract; data plans at $25 or $35 a month
• Removable battery
• Multimedia picture messaging w/ better photo quality than iPhone
• Slideout physical keyboard
• Android: Flexible interface and openness for application developers
• Can be used abroad

Bad:

• Not so glamorous hardware: bigger than iPhone with smaller screen
• Slow internet
• No Outlook synchronization or Microsoft Exchange
• No support for Windows Media Player or iTunes for your music
• Irregular coverage

Good and Bad:

• Removable memory for music, videos and pictures but apparently it's hard to remove.

Cool Features:

• Google Maps shows a 360-view with a street-level photograph of where you are
• The Market: Android's version of the iPhone App Store
• Amazon MP3 Store

If the G1 doesn't seem to fit your style, don't worry cause apparently there are many more Google phones to come. Google CEO Eric Schmidt even stated that he foresees thousands of Android devices in the future.

Find more information in today's USA Today article.

So, how do you feel about the G1? Is it a good start for Google phones? What else would you want on your phone that you think this one is lacking?