Android's launch in blurbs

[Thrax]

Just in time! HTC and T-Mobile are launching the long-awaited Android platform today, and the official unveiling event has been going on for some time. Cut through the junk and check out our short and sweet list of what's going down in Android town.

Updated at 3:05 PM EST: Bluetooth and 3.5mm audio jack information.
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[MiracleManS]

Please bring it to another carrier soon, phone gods.

[Gargoyle]

The app store is free, as in access to the store, or all of the wares at the store?

The two major downers for me is that it doesn't support A2DP, nor does it have a 3.5mm headphone jack. Most everything else is pretty sweet, though.

[UPSLynx]

No 3.5mm jack. That's painful.

And yep, T-mobile? UberMeh.

[Thrax]

It will support A2DP and the rest of the Bluetooth stack in a coming update. It was clipped for launch due to stability and security concerns. It supports headsets for now.

In other news, you can get 3.5mm jack support on Amazon (as an example): Here (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000UUQGEY).

It's not perfect, but it'll do.

[Thrax]

OP updated with pertinent information.

[Gargoyle]

Engadget (http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/t-mobile-soft-capping-3g-data-at-1gb-per-month/) just posted that it will be T-mobile's option to throttle your bandwidth down to 50kbps after you've exceeded 1GB of bandwidth in a month. Wow, that's pretty harsh.

[Thrax]

I don't like throttling, but downing 1GB in a month on a phone is hard.

[mas0n]

Sexy. The development on this is going to be amazing.

[Gargoyle]

I don't like throttling, but downing 1GB in a month on a phone is hard.

I don't really know how fast the bandwidth of regular web surfing would add up, but I think Verizon's "unlimited" plan allows for up to 5gb. Not sure about iPhone plans on AT&T. Maybe T-Mo offers different tiers of service, though.

[RWB]

Damn, I thought by the way this was posted that I could go out and get this bad boy tomorrow! I was all kinds of happy until I checked through their site and found the actual release date of the 22nd of October which is what I originally thought it would be(20th actually)...

But yeah I am definitly buying this sucker up when it comes out.

[kryyst]

The interesting and problematic nature is that this is the first phone to run android and it's being toted as the Google phone, when in fact it's not. It's like saying every device that runs windows CE is one and the same. While I generally like HTC phones, this is merely the first volley into the Android platform. I'm looking forward to see what other hardware developers do with their own android phones.

I think this HTC phone is a great contender. In my opinion it beats the iphone in some areas but falls short in others. I'm also looking at it though as the pioneer device and I generally shy away from the pioneer devices when possible. So it's a step in the right direction but before we can really apprecaite it we have to wait until the next round of android phones come out or at the very least the app devs get behind it.

[Zanthian]

Well I caved and pre-ordered a Black G1. It is stated to ship to me for Oct. 22.
I was in desperate need of a new phone and now I just have to wait 1 more month.