So its been a little over a week now with the G1 so i figured i would give another recap of my experiences with the Google Phone. To start off i found out that the weakest part of the phone is definately the camera. In low lights, there’s no way that the camera can take a real image, and even in full daylight sometime is struggles to snap right away. Even if can get a good shot, the color is totally blue. Sure i can fix it in photoshop, but who wants to do that for every photo they take. The next part which i could’ve guess now that i’m using more of the phone’s functions (GPS, more apps) the battery will barely last me the whole day without a recharge. I got a little spoiled with my minimal functionality razr that would last for a week, so i don’t take this completely negatively.

For the good, i’ve had really good reception with Internet connectevity whether its the G3, or Edge network. I’ve been getting some really good usage out of the GPS whether its for google maps, or playing some GPS based games. The phone has of course kept me on top of my game with emails, calendar events, and of course sports scores. I also figured out that i can just drag and drop music files, and movie files onto the microSD card and play them directly from the phone. Pretty nice feature that i don’t need a third party software to update the phone.

My Bad.

My sister informed me that my last post was incorrect. I actually blogged about what i was thinking in my head while the judges were in deliberation. Both newbies did get eliminated from competition.

I blame it on that i’ve been waking up at 7am everyday, and I’m starting to pass out on the couch by 10pm, and i don’t remember what i was watching the night before.

My highly anticipated TV show Top Chef Season 5 (New York) started this past week. The season started with a twist with the First Quick Fire elimination of the show’s history. Pretty sad moment when it came down to two chefs that knew each other, and amazingly the youngest/student chef made it past the quick fire elimination and even the Real Challenge of cooking ethnic foods based on different parts of New York.

Amazingly the newbie made some teriyaki noodle dish and passed it off as Chinese food and made it through to the next round. I smell some producers getting their hands on the elimination choice. Its Bravo TV so of course they’re Yah! for Gay. Hopefully the next rounds will prove more believable of eliminations.

Joy had to remind me that my theme was old, so with the opening of Mammoth Mountain i had to also get to updating my website.

Lost Winter 2009 is meaning that this winter is pretty much a lost because i don’t plan on seeing much snow this year, and also because we were pretty much lost in the back country of Jackson Hole last year. Seriously we were asking people which way was out, but sadly no one gave us an answer. Assholes.

If you guys are planning on hitting the slopes this year, i can at least provide you some helpful links.

Ski Dazzle - December 4-7

Los Angeles Convention Center http://skidazzle.com/

Sierra Snowboards

50% off snowboard equipment and gear.

http://sierrasnowboards.com

Flight to Mammoth

Announcement of Flights beginning December 18, 2008

Finally after waiting and waiting for the iPhone, i gave up and went with the new T-mobile HTC G1. I don’t normally like to be an early adopter of new technology, but i really needed a new phone and it automoatically integrates with my work mail, and i don’t feel like every other “designer” for carrying around an iPhone. I still have a slight geek inside, and its definately fits the bill for me and the more openess of the software.

So far the phone has been to expectations with the app store’s offering not as robust as the iPhone’s but the barcode scanner is pretty damn useful, especially for me because i always believe that you can find something cheaper online, and now i can access that information with a click of the camera. The interface is pretty slick, even without the pinching web browser, and the external keyboard is a lot faster to use than the touch screen pad of the iPhone. So far the g3 network has been ok, i did lose connect while in the target of Culver City, but had good connectivity in the basement of the Sport Chalet in Marina Del Rey.

Probably the weakest aspect of the phone has been the camera which takes forever for the camera to eventually take the picture, but other than that i’ve been pretty happy with it for the 24 hours that i’ve had it.

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G1 Open to use keyboard

Phone in normal usage

Screen shot of icons

Macro shot of the home keys