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hey guys jon rettinger with john for lakers here and i've got a demo for you of the t-mobile g1 done via an emulator on the t mobile site this is an official emulator that t-mobile has put out to show the features of Android and how it works in conjunction with their g one handset i'll put a link to the emulator in case you want to play with it up in the sidebar but this is just a demonstration not a review I'll hold the review until I actually get a chance to play with the device alright guys enjoy and I will talk to you soon the way here we have the emulator of the t-mobile g1 running Android version 1 point 0 now while this is running on a t-mobile branded phone this will give you a nice sense of what Android will look like when it comes to your service provider or whether or not you're looking to get AG one yourself so we're greeted right here with a simple home screen with a myfaves which is a tmobile exclusive email dialer contacts browser maps and a big clock and over here we've got an arrow that if we click we get a list to different applications and programs will go through each of those shortly go ahead and click back you can also take your finger and swipe over and be greeted with a simple Google search where you search and it launches the browser go back to the home screen here on the device itself down here you've got a hang up button which doesn't do anything around this emulator you've got a back button which will take you back and lock the screen we've got your trackball here which controls the motion of advice home screen which will take you home and a dialer which will take you to the dial pad so the screen is locked right now press menu to unlock and there we go back at the home screen so for those of you that are looking to get the g1 and notice a familiar my favs it's not functional here since its adjusted emulator so like the home button to go back we've got your email you can see what the email looks like on the g one inbox inbox drafts you can scroll spam and trash can see what a new message looks like here this is just a sample on the emulator read the text reply and it is full HTML email let's go back to the home screen your dialer use a keyboard to dial so you use these buttons here and dial and get the green button to send also across the top you've got four tabs the dialer your call log where you can see what calls were missed or sent or received contact you can scroll through the list of contacts very similar to how you can all in the iphone and a very familiar favorites which is with the iphone pioneered and replace for speed dials so go back to menu I should go back to home Cuban so we just show up at the dial it looks like and there is a contacts yet again the browser not functional here unfortunately on the emulator but you can see what the browser does sort of look like it is a full HTML browser all the iphone and supposedly is very good from the demos I've seen it's a little bit chopping on a smooth as the iphone but still is a very nice alternative so we'll go back home here maps she brings obviously not functional because again an emulator but here you would have access to full google maps as well as street view which is something unique to the g1 right now so if we hit that little arrow pulls up all the different features and functions at it has it's got an alarm clock for example which you can set open its back up here the browser again it's got a calculator not functional but it is a simple calculator your calendar the calendar looks like again not functional this will all be functional of course on your actual device camera this is what you see when you want to take a picture go back contacts we saw dialer we saw email we saw now one interesting thing about android is that it syncs all your gmail applications there's no way to sync it from a computer to your device has to be all done through google's proprietary gmail services so here's what email will look like on there there's a built-in i am application with obviously google talk windows live messenger yahoo messenger and am this all comes standard the maps we saw android marketplace is similar to the App Store on the iPhone you might be able to view and browse a variety of applications without any filtering from google themselves anybody the rights to application can really have it up here so you run the problem of possibly getting some malicious apps but also developers have a lot of freedom to create applications music artists albums playlist pretty simple you can see what it would look like go back albums what the album's would look like there was albums are they invisible right here playlist playlist like you're used to let's go back to the home screen here there are a few more things to show you this menu button right here if you click pulls up a five tabs menu across the bottom you can add a contact or at an application or shortcut folder bookmark contact gmail labels really where you go to add anything it so you can add widgets to the home screen for clocks picture frames add wallpapers and you just browse through the pictures to where they were let's go back to the menu so you saw wallpaper you can pick a wallpaper again there's a separate button for that in the menu bar can search just pulls up the google search bar that you can scroll to with your finger notifications tells you to have any notifications if you have new emails from voicemails and such let's go back I can move that right up which is kind of neat it's with your finger you can flick that right up and go to settings and you can see all your different settings here of your wireless controls you know your Wi-Fi settings Bluetooth Bluetooth settings airplane mode mobile networks you can set for streaming networks and apns call settings voicemail call forwarding operator selection all the things you'd expect that a mobile device sound and display ringtones volume ringers audible touched homes brightness screen timeout and alike data synchronization you choose what you wanted to sink again it does it with Google's proprietary system right now I assume a desktop sinking client will be coming security and location manager applications your sdcard date and time text and about the phone go back to the home screen here with your finger you can slide that across and you go right back to your home screen here this had just been a very quick demonstration of Google's g1 and the partnership with t-mobile I hope you guys have enjoyed a very quick walkthrough and get a sense of what you will expect when the g1 officially launches later on this month personally I'm going to withdraw or withhold my opinions until I get a chance to see the actual device I am very impressed with got brain system so far but it does seem very 1 point 0 to me but I like to see what it looks like when device is actually in hand so guys this is jon rettinger with john for lakers with a real quick overview for you of the t-mobile g1 talk to you guys soon bye bye