Four years ago today on October 22, 2008, the HTC Dream or Google G1 aka the first Android phone was released on T-Mobile in the U.S. Android itself was released as an open source OS nearly a month earlier on September 23, but the G1 gave users the first hands-on experience of the platform with an actual device. Since then there’s been half a billion Android devices activated, becoming the world leader as the mobile OS of choice for users worldwide. Just for comparison to show how far we’ve become since its debut, some of its specs included:
- Trackball
- Slider keyboard
- Android OS, v1.6 (Donut); first released with v1.0
- Qualcomm 528 MHz ARM 11 CPU
- Adreno 130 GPU
- GPS
- 3.15 MP Camera
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
- 192 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
- No 3.5mm headset jack
- 3.2 inch 320×480 TFT touchscreen (180 PPI)
- Li-Ion 1150 mAh
- Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP
My have things improved, haven’t they? Despite its outdated specs, devs just won’t let this device go. A semi-functioning port of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean functions on it. Anyway, here’s to you G1! Thanks for being the first among a long lineage of great devices.
Sources: GSM Arena and Phandroid
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Actually the G1 was launched with Android 1.0 when it was released, quickly moving to cupcake. I love the trackball days even thou they jumped constantly, i never got the G1, but always went to the store tonplay with it, I miss it, i wish i would of got it. I did however get the magic in august 2009! And ever since!
I loved showing off my G1. Always crackflashing anything new that was compiled for it. Themeing it from top to bottom. I never could bring myself to get rid of it. It sits in the original box now. I replaced it with a Nexus One which I did finally replace with the Galaxy Nexus.
I owned the T Mobile G1; in fact I still have it stored away. Despite some early negativity I read online about the G1 my mind was made up to get one. Once I did I knew what I had in the palm of my hand would one day be the OS that would overtake the IOS, I felt it in my gut. What I didn’t know was to the level we see now. Android has come a long ways in a short period of time, and still has unlimited growth potential in the future. One adaption I truly like is Android in car radios which are still in its infancy; I can’t wait to see that blow up. All thanks to the G1. Happy Late Birthday T mobile HTC G1