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The T-Mobile G1 may not have been the start of your Android journey, but for those that were some of the first to experience the pure wonderment of the Android operating system on the device, it will always hold a special place in your heart. The device may only be 4 years old, but it seems like a lifetime ago we were getting our undies in a bunch over the software keyboard introduced in Android 1.5 Cupcake.
A far cry from the superphones you and I take for granted today, the HTC Dream/T-Mobile G1 featured a 528MHz Qualcomm processor, 3.2-inch display, 192MB of RAM, 256MB of internal memory and a 1,150 mAh battery. Of course, the device?s claim to fame was its full 5-row QWERTY keyboard that was enough to make even a Sidekick blush.
I didn?t happen upon the ?Google Phone? until a little more than a year after its release (I wanted to wait for the Android Market to build up a catalog of apps), but once I did, it was all downhill from there. Didn?t take long for me to get caught up in the rooting/modding scene, attempting to shoehorn Sense onto the device (and having to deal with Swap partitions). It was only after a little more than a year with the device that I finally laid her to rest, finding a new life with the HTC EVO 4G on Sprint.
Just for fun, here?s a video from Phandroid?s own Rob Jackson getting his first hands-on ever with the T-Mobile G1 (pre-HD days). But before we go we just want to say, happy birthday, G1 ? we?ll never forget the good times. Anyone currently have a G1 in their possession that?s still in operation today?
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