Gadgetory

is mike vent for all shadow calm bringing you an introduction to the g1 one of the great features the g one is the capacitive touchscreen on top of that there's also a trackball and a full qwerty keyboard hidden under the screen first let's go over removing the battery and sim cards simply slide open the screen and press on the battery release latch to the back cover comes off be careful not to scratch the 3.2 megapixel camera lens you can remove the battery now it's useful to get an extra battery for long trips when you want to watch some movies now press on the sim card sliding it towards the battery compartment you can remove it and replace it with another sim card once you have replaced the sim card battery press and hold briefly on the red end key to power the phone back on the g1 is capable of handling micro sdhc cards up to the currently available 16 gigabytes to replace your current card slide open the keyboard and using your fingernail pull on the storage card cover until you can see the storage card then using a pen or paper clip carefully press on the storage card to pop it out these are really small so be careful not to lose it take your new storage card slide it back in and using the pen or paper clip carefully press on the storage card until it pops back into place put the cover back into place and you're ready to go the g1 will automatically recognize the new storage card the g1's hardware buttons have multiple functions precedent molding on the green send key will activate the voice dialer you can press the back key to exit this pressing and holding on the HOME key will bring up a list of recently used applications you can select them by touching the screen or using the trackball you can also exit this menu by pressing the back keep pressing and holding on the red end key will bring up a short settings menu where you can switch the phone to silent or power it off the g one has a customizable desktop to customize it just press and hold on a blank area a menu will pop up you can change your wallpaper by selecting wallpaper and then wallpaper gallery or pictures if you have some on your phone like the wallpaper gallery just scroll left to right choose the image that you want and then hit the set wallpaper but you can add extra widgets like a clock picture frame or search field you can also add handy shortcuts like folders bookmarks a contact gmail label or your favorite playlist when you get a chance go to the android market and install any cut you can add a link to a direct call text message activity or a custom shortcut shortcuts to your favorite applications can also be added to the desktop making a g1 even easier to use just click on it it'll be added to the desktop you can also do this from the application and you by pressing and holding on the application a handy feature is adding it folder to the desktop and then grouping you're like applications in the folder this helps keep your desktop neat and organized you can rename your folders by opening it clicking on the folder tap you can also throw items away by pressing and holding on them and dragging them to the trash the g one comes with a powerful browser that can have up to eight windows open at once you can view the desktop version of your favorite sites or use the preloaded brooke marks to view optimized versions of many sites google maps has a my location feature that finds where you are using the g1's gps to enable the gps go to your desktop press the menu button select settings then select security and location and check the box for enable gps satellites to see your location open google maps press the menu button and tap on my location it might take a few minutes to find your position if you are indoors there are several map views available the standard maps satellite traffic and street view go to location select street view and you can take a virtual look around the destination before you even get there say you want to go to New York take a look around look up at the buildings you can even look around the street you can also search for nearby businesses or get directions you can even get them from your current location from the contacts or from your history that's it for now join us next time when we'll show you how the g1 works as a frisbee until then the mic been for all shadow calm