G1 for 30 Days

I've bought the G1 Android phone from T-Mobile in the U.S., and I have 30 days to figure if I wanna keep it.

If you have feedback, I'm at marc@disquiet.com.

By the way, this is my main website: disquiet.com. It's broadly about personal technology, but specifically to the extent that technology mediates music and sound and related art.
March 1

Countdown, 4 Days: Tether, Bluetooth, OS

I’m pretty sure I’m going to keep the thing. Yesterday I spent most of the day out of the house, and the thing was super-helpful, and that’s without concerns about external keyboard support or tethering. On the BT side, I can’t imagine the patches won’t come, and as for tethering, there’s now code on Google itself with instructions:

http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/

But I’m going to wait until I’ve decided to keep it before I risk voiding a warranty.

My understanding is that as the Android OS improves, it’ll keep getting ported to the phone, in contrast with other phones (notably Windows Mobile), where the OS eventually becomes incompatible with past phones. That’s been my experience with updates so far, but who knows?