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이것을 가지고 굳이 리뷰다 라고 하기엔 약간 어설프지만 FT를 보다가 흥미로워서 블로깅을 하게 되네요. 내용인즉 구글에서 G1이라 불리우는 스마트 폰을 오늘 발표하였고 이놈은 안드로이드의 운영체제를 가진 스마트 폰이라는게 골자 입니다.

잠시 표현을 빌려오자면 아이폰의 터치스크린과 블렉베리의 쿼티 자판을 가져서 편하게 문자나 이멜을 주고 받을수 있고 엠에스 워드나 파포인트를 열수 있지만 아웃룩은 안되고 구글크롬을 바탕으로 브라우징을 하게 된다 등등등이네요.

근데 이거 바나나 처럼 휘어있다는데 어디가 훠어 있는 건지는 잘 모르겠습니다...ㅋ
The wait is over. On Tuesday Google unveiled the G1, the first smartphone powered by the internet search company’s Android open-source technology.

The 3G enabled G1 will go on sale in the US next month and will cost $179 with a T-Mobile voice and data plan – $20 less than Apple’s 3G iPhone. It will go on sale in the UK in November and other European countries early next year. I was among the 250 reporters and analysts who attended the launch and finally got my hands on a device that Google believes could help define the emerging mobile internet.

Based on my initial assessment, I think Google could be right. All too often, new technology products fail to live up to their billing and disappoint jaded geeks like me. The G1 is not one of those devices – not so much because of its current capabilities, but because of the promise it holds – the promise that users will be able to easily customise the device and add services and features by downloading new (and probably mostly free) applications over the mobile network direct to the device.

Despite its technology credentials, the G1 is clearly aimed at the broad mass market rather than technology geeks or corporate users. For example, although it can display Microsoft Word documents and PDF format pages, it does not support Outlook email or Microsoft Exchange, the email and communications server used by most large companies.

This means at least initially, that it probably poses little threat to Research in Motion’s loyal corporate BlackBerry user base though it could slow RIM’s push into the broader consumer market.

Among the G1’s most impressive features are a fast, fully-featured browser based on the same technology as Google’s recently launched Chrome web browser, the sleek integration of its web-based function and a built in compass feature used in conjunction with Google Maps Street View.

In terms of design, the G1 is something of an oddity – a lightweight (5.6-ounce) touch-based smartphone with a full mini “Qwerty” keyboard that slides out of the left hand side of the device making it easy to enter search text for example, or send e-mail and SMS messages. Effectively, the G1 combines the sleek touch interface design of Apple’s iPhone with the practicality of a BlackBerry keyboard.

To aid screen navigation, it also includes a BlackBerry-style trackerball for easy one-handed operation and one other key feature – a one-click “contextal” Google search button in addition to the familiar “menu”, “begin call” and “end call” buttons.

The G1 design has one other unusual feature. It is ever so slightly banana-shaped – a feature apparently designed to make the device more comfortable to hold in the “landscape” position.

By Paul Taylor in New York

Published: September 23 2008 19:15 | Last updated: September 23 2008 19:15