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Woohoo! 
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| Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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Is it any good ? 
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| Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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Of course it is. 
It's a nice size and weight, good screen, Android's interface is usable, and it works.
It's not perfect though, here are some of the down sides:
- Battery life is very poor (looks like it'll be charged overnight every 1-2 days)
- The music/video speaker is on the back of the device.
- The buttons on the front are just a bit too flat.
I've written a blog post on the G1 with some of my initial thoughts  , and I'll update that entry tomorrow or Monday after having used it some more.
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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b carefl hw u txt
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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Yikes.
How do I tell what version I've got?
My "Baseband version" has "29" on the end, my "Kernel version" has a "27" near the end, and my "Build number" contains "RC7" - all of which are earlier than "RC30". 
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Gah! It is the RC7! 
I found the followingfor how to manually check for an upgrade:
However it appears for some reason that UK devices are stuck on RC7. 
Found another page specifically about this that says:
"we should expect an update around the 12th-14th of November."
For T-Mobile UK customers, claiming they're still testing for the UK... not sure what testing they need to do... did they not test the US version? :S
Oooh, I found the source of that quote, along with details of how to hack the US version onto the device, plus a Google representative who didn't recommend doing that, but hasn't opposed it either.
http://groups.google.com/group/google-mobile-on-android-devices/browse_thread/thread/cd396fc916c33442
A little bit more optimistic now... a few days and I should be sorted.
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