The T Mobile G1 shows us Android fragmentation doesn't matter | Pocketnow

Опубликовано 25 июля 2013, 15:45

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With such under-powered specifications, some might think the G1 has no use by today's standards, other than as a nostalgic reminder of yesteryear. Fortunately, Android is more resilient than that. Here are some things that you can -- and can't -- do with your old HTC Dream -- evidence that Android fragmentation doesn't really matter.

The HTC Dream, also sold by T-Mobile as the T-Mobile G1, was made available in the United States on October 22, 2008, but sales were limited to areas in which 3G data was available. T-Mobile lifted that restriction and made it generally available on January 24, 2009.

It's an itty-bitty device by today's standards, with a capacitive touchscreen LCD display of only 3.2 inches and a resolution of 320×480. It's powered by a single-core 528 MHz Qualcomm MSM7201A SoC with only 192 MB RAM. Internal storage space is limited with only 256 MB available, but that can be expanded by up to 16 GB using a microsd card.

For comparison, the HTC one has a display that measures 4.7 inches, with a resolution of 1080x1920. It's powered by a Quad-core 1.7 GHz Qualcomm APQ8064T Snapdragon 600 SoC with 2 GB RAM. It's available with either 32 GB or 64 GB internal storage which cannot be expanded due to its lack of an sdcard slot.

The G1 originally ran Android 1.5 Cupcake, but was later upgraded to Android 1.6 Donut. Not all variants of the HTC dream were that lucky, the Rogers version was stuck on 1.5 because it wasn't "Google branded".

Now that we've got the background out of the way, let's take a look at what the T-Mobile G1 can still do today, despite being almost 5 years old.

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