Hot Info: Tmobile G1

The T-Mobile G1 web site went up with a bunch of placeholders late last night, but it’s finally fully live after this morning’s big unveiling, and while it’s not exactly bursting with detailed info, there’s plenty of new pictures and details, including updated 3G coverage information.

We had a chance to speak with T-Mobile CTO Cole Brodman after the event today, and he had some illuminating and frankly refreshing takes on some of our more pressing questions.

Google’s Android team, however, is reportedly toning down its expectations of particularly heavy press coverage, though it’s not said what if anything would prompt a muted response.

That’s going to be sour news to heavy G1 users, especially as Android touts its stellar connectivity, world-class browser, and a full suite of data-gorging apps.

Previously only shown in a handful of indoor shots, the G1 is again an exact match for prototypes Google has used to demonstrate the phone and is described by the Google worker using the phone as the production version of the HTC Dream.

Other than the black color, T-Mobile will be offering the white T-Mobile G1 too.

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Google just posted a few videos showing all the Google applications loaded on the T-Mobile G1.

This same alleged insider also claims that T-Mobile will introduce “aggressively priced” new data plans to capitalize on the G1’s faster 3G data access.

Amazon’s always looking for creative new ways to distribute digital media and in light of its recently-launched Video On Demand service and the decent head of steam AmazonMP3 has managed to build, it’d probably just love to shoehorn its way onto a high-profile mobile device right about now.

Here’s some initial observations: the browser is much choppier than the iPhone’s, there seem to be be two separate mail apps, one for Gmail and a separate IMAP app, and there seems to be no multitouch functionality.

Amazon MP3 store, IMing, Street View compass mode and plenty more highlighted in the videos posted after the break.

Also believed to be confirmed in the scoop is word that the device will carry Google branding in addition to T-Mobile’s name as well as the name of the manufacturer, HTC.

With under a week to go before the HTC Dream is officially unveiled in the Big Apple, the Wall Street Journal has given us something juicy to gnaw on for the time being: a price.

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The seeming revelations set the stage for a key competition in the US cellular business, which on the high-end has been increasingly dominated by Apple’s iPhone and RIM’s BlackBerries.

While that’s not a first, it could be a major differentiating feature for Android phones here on out, since it sounds like the app is advanced and partially web-based: it has the threading, search, and Google Talk presence features of the web client.

T-Mobile’s upcoming Android phone has been spotted today courtesy of a blog entry from someone with access to the phone ahead of the carrier’s official debut on the 23rd.

These leaks appear just as T-Mobile itself has set a press event for September 23rd to introduce the G1 and has announced rapid 3G expansion for the year, most of which should be complete by the time the Android phone goes on sale roughly a month later.

Well, technically you can get more than that, but our friends in magenta are reserving the right to throttle you back to a stifling 50Kbps virtually useless by smartphone standards, and less than what even a good EDGE network is capable of providing.

T-Mobile’s G1 smartphone will match the pricing of the iPhone 3G when it’s announced next week, according to tips supplied to the Wall Street Journal.

Available soon for T-Mobile customers spanning two continents, the T-Mobile G1 combines full touch-screen functionality and a QWERTY keyboard with a mobile Web experience that includes the Google Maps Street View, Gmail, YouTube and others.

Android Community has just been invited to an event that will see the launch of the first Android powered T-Mobile smartphone.

The carrier is believed to be pricing the G1 at an iPhone level and with new data plans to encourage added data use.

T-Mobile is set to announce their first Android phone this month on September 23rd.

Our impression was that as long as their use was relegated to a small percentage of owners, T-Mobile likely wouldn’t take action, though he did voice concerns over tethering apps and their effect on the network, with a clearly guarded eye to letting users have free reign.

Well, we don’t really know anything new about the first Android phone ever, the T-Mobile G1, but a few new pictures have leaked of the device.

T-Mobile today announced the launch of the world’s first Android-powered mobile phone in partnership with Google.

T-Mobile plans to follow those up with Birmingham, Denver, Detroit, Kansas City, Memphis and Tampa by the end of the year, covering about two-thirds of its customers with 3G before 2009 rolls around.

Sure, there’s a lot of to love about the open-source, Android-powered T-Mobile G1, but Google’s Andy Rubin just confirmed what might be the new handset’s killer app: push Gmail.