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HTC G1 Android

For the last few years I've had the inkling that my current mobile phone (whatever make it happened to be at the time) wasn't cutting the mustard. My brother-in-law, Andrew, always seemed to have one that was a generation beyond mine and I often found myself casting an envious eye over people sporting a Blackberry/PDA type device.

At about the same time that the above thoughts were crystallising I had set up my Gmail account to actually be useful i.e. I configured it to collect all my emails from the various pop3 accounts I've gathered over the years.

All I needed now was a phone with a hardware keyboard (this was important to me) from which I could manage my emails and browse the web.

Fortuitously on the last project I was working on I had a colleague, a student and bit of an early adopter type, who owned an HTC G1. Suffice to say I fell in love.

So after much humming and hawing I bought one and I have to say that, other than my laptop, it's the best gadget/piece of electronica I've bought in the last five years: I can deal with my emails (and do any "regular" surfing) on the journey to and from whatever office I'm working in at the time. it's definitely reduced the amount of time I spend using me desktop/laptop which imo is good.

So - HTC G1 Android ftw!