Android and T-Mobile

Everyone knows that Android and Tmobile are today’s hot couple in the tech world. I have had a Tmo G1 (HTC Dream) since around March and I love it. I was originally promised by the people at my local Tmobile shop that 3G would launch in Spokane, WA in April, so I was stoked. However, the real date was August 12 of this year. So for the last few days, I have been loving my new 3G experience. I can now lord over the iPhone owners who feel they have something over me (3G).

However, news lately has said that no future pastry updates will be given to the G1 and that cupcake is it.  Tmoble has claimed that this is not the truth, but frankly I think HTC dropped the ball on the Dream (G1) by not including enough internal flash memory. This puts pressure on developers to find a solution using micro-SDHC technology. If they can find a way of using the sd memory to store system files (assuming you don’t yank the card out while the phone is running) you have limitless room for development of better ROMs.

I have begun to learn Java as a way of proving new apps to the Android marketplace, and I don’t fully understand the complexities of the way the Android system works, so there might be another reason why you cant use the external memory to store system stuff. Oh well, it will be fun to see how the hacker community takes little or no official support for their device. It will be like the AT&T and Samsung dropped support for the Blackjack I at Windows Mobile 6.0, and the hacker community took up arms and developed some sick 6.1 ROMs for that device.

It is all a waiting game…

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