The Second Google Phone is Announced. Touchscreen No Keyboard.

Written on 17th February 2009                                                                                                              16 COMMENTS
Zee, Editor in Chief at The Next Web, Principal at WeDoCreative.

HTC have just announced the launch of the second phone with Google’s mobile operating system Android.

“The Magic” goes head to head with the iPhone with it’s large touch screen display. It has also drastically improved in size and weight in comparison to the G1, measuring 113 x 55 x13.65mm and a weight of 118g. The display’s resolution 480 x 320 and 3.2in display matches the previous model, however of course this new model includes a touch screen.

In terms of connectivity, The Magic supports wifi and bluetooth 2.0 as well as GPS to support the wonderful Google Maps app included in the Android. The camera is an improvement over the iPhone with 3.2 megapixels, however nothing on some of the other camera phones out there.

The most interesting aspect of the new phone is the lack of keyboard which puts it directly in competition with Apple’s iPhone functionality. Earlier this week there were murmurs regarding Apple’ request to Google to not release a multitouch handset, plus interestingly Apple recently confirmed a patent for their multi touch technology. This leaves us curious as to precisely how well the new Google mobile’s touch screen functionality works and whether Google have managed to up their rivals with their own take on touch screen technology. 

The phone will be on sale in April.

Android, Google Phone, iphone, screen, touch

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G1 Emulator: Try out the GooglePhone yourself!

Written on 6th October 2008                                                                                                              5 COMMENTS
Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Serial Internet Entrepreneur

Want to know what all the fuzz is about? Try out the all new G1 (GooglePhone) here.

Unfortunately some of the more interesting features are not implemented yet so you won’t be able to browse, add contacts or make a phone call (duh!). But you will be able to experience first hand how extremely cool the iPhone is. And no, that wasn’t a typo.

Playing around with the G1 one of the first things I realized is how GOOD the iPhone looks in comparison to this ugly machine. Some people will say that this is just the 0.1 version so we should be patient. But hey, remember how extremely cool the iPhone looked when you first saw it? 2 years later the 0.1 iPhone STILL looks cool.

That was just my opinion. Now go ahead and form your own:

emulator, G1, Google Phone, iphone

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