Sunday October 12, 2008
I have to admit that I’m not wowed by the new G1. In a world where the iPhone has hoisted aesthetic expectations to another level, this phone’s appearance flops. Hard.
To my mind, a big factor in its ass-ugliness is the slide-out keyboard. This is a touch-screen phone. As the iPhone and a whole range of Samsung touch-screens have shown, virtual keyboards make fine replacements for their physical counterparts. Aside from its nannying prevention of some particularly ripe cursing aside, I’ve never had any major problems getting through an SMS or email with my iPhone.
