Why I Like my Tmobile G1

I bought a T-Mobile G1 just about over a month ago and I love it. I have not regret the purchase what so ever. Now why do I like my Tmobile G1 so much?

Well because the phone OS (Android) is an open platform to an extent considering the cell network providers have set a few limits. I really have had no problems with any of the limitations that have been set. The market allows you to download a pay for app for 24 hours and within those 24 hours you have the option to return it for a full refund. That has to be one of the coolest things that they have given you that option unlike other markets that do not offer a refund at least android give you a time period to try it.

I have a bunch of app suggestions for all the Tmobile G1/Android users out there, check it out. I will be linking them all to Cyrket which is a site that mirrors the Android Market and that way you have a browser friendly representation of the application description and comments. If by chance Cyrket goes down just do a search in the market place for the apps. My linking is just to help you have a better view of things.

This Application is a must for all types of users. The barcode scanner does exactly what the title of the application is. It will scan almost any type of barcode. A great example and a perfect first time use for it is on Cyrket.com which right next the the icon of the app has a QR Code(3d bar scan code). Download the Barcode Scanner from the market and whenever you see a barcode just point your G1's camera to it and watch what happens :).

Ever out and have no clue what you want to eat or maybe you're running low on gas and need to find the closest gas station or maybe your are in the mood for a movie and would like to find the nearest theater to you? Well this is the app that does it all and more! Where is the swiss army knife of location based searches for your G1. You will be sure to use it @ least once a week if not more.

Another app that is a must! Everyone knows that the battery on the Tmobile G1 just sucks! If you didn't know now you know but this app helps extend the battery greatly. Hard to believe an app would to the trick but it does. It has extend my battery time from half a day to over a day and that with active use of the phone. So this is for sure a must and make sure that "monitoring" is switch on when you open the app. This would most likely be your first pay app but trust me it is worth the $1.00.

This is a T-mobile made app which gives you direct access to your tmobile account. This is totally useful if you are using this phone on the Tmobile network. Gives you minute totals, Text msgs used, and what your bill currently due is. Even gives you the option to pay for it thru the phone.

I have MyFavs on Tmobile and this app has helped me figure out who I talk to the most amoung other things. Phonalyzr has managed to save me a great deal of money and if you have MyFavs on T-Mobile and can't figure out who you talk to the most this app should help you figure that out! Also it's cool to see some stats on your phone usage ... I am a statistics nut :P

Sometimes you have to access your SD Card Memory card but how can you if you don't have a file manager? Well Linda File Manager is pretty straight forward and does the job great.

I got two of these and I like them both but it all depends on the person so I recommend you try both and see which one fits your needs.

A beautiful twitter client for the G1, well designed and pretty feature reach. The application is not as snappy as others but your sacrificing the speed for a good looking UI. It allows you to shorten URLs, post an image, and even look at what the latest buzz on twitter is.

This twitter client looks like a basic client but really has some comparable features to twidroid just not as pretty. It is my current twitter client of choice because it is slightly more battery friendly and has a simple layout. God choice for people that want to get right to the point.

An open source task list app ... this is one of my all time favorite apps on the G1. It is a pleasure to use, both simple and feature rich. It has the ability to sync your tasks with RemeberTheMilk.com and this is a major plus for me just because this allows me to review my tasks on my computer and make an altercations if necessary or even add some more tasks while I am using RemeberTheMilk.com after that I open Astrid and sync the changes from the website.

Simple and great add-on to the default alarm clock that is on the G1. Worth the $1!

Do you hate paying for Ringtones? Have you ever downloaded a ringtone off the internet and find out it sounds like crap? Yeah I know your pain why deal with all that when you have perfect mp3s on your computer that can easily be a ringtone. Well Ringdroid assists you in cutting that mp3 down to the clip that you want as a ringtone. In simple words its a audio editor on the G1. So if you want custom ringtones then you have to download this :)

This replaces the normal ringtone picker and allows you to branch off to other methods of picking ringtones for you phone. This is great with Ringdroid in fact it is a must! If you don't like the idea of Ringdroid this is still a perfect replacement for the default ringtone picker on the G1.

Taken a bunch of pictures with your G1? Don't know what to do with them? Well do what I have done and upload it to Flickr or any other image hosting service with PixelPipe. PixelPipe is the middleman that will allow you to send any of your photos to any of the services they support. You do have to sign up online to use it but if you end up taking a lot of photos it could be worth it for you.

SMS Popup This is one feature that you would have thought would have been included within G1 but it wasn't and thank goodness the developer of SMS Popup created this. All it does is pops up a little window on your screen when you get a TXT, it's really nice and again something you would have thought it would have been in Android.

Good alternative to the built messenger. It has a built in soft keyboard which really is handy when you typing those quick messages back and it's just not worth it to slide the real keyboard out. It doesn't support MMS from what I can recall. I stopped using Handcent SMS mainly because of that but for basic texting it's a great app.

The camera on the G1 sucks ... really was disappointed when I got my G1 and it came with no flash and the camera was not as night friendly as I wanted it to be. Well SnapPhoto(Pro) allows you to enable the camera to go in "Night Mode" which enhanced the lighting intake for the camera allowing your picture to come out just a tad better. Also nice feature that both version of the app has is image stabilization based on the accelerometer built into the G1. SnapPhotoPro has one feature that I really liked ... to take a photo all you have to do is point the camera and tap on the screen instead of using the camera button, personal I think this is a better method since the camera button somethings doesn't do the trick.

I personally haven't used it but from what I have it works as advertised with some minor bugs. Documents to Go allows you to Create, Edit, and View Word and Excel sheets supporting version up to 2007 so it's pretty compatible. It's not free the app costs $20 but if you are constantly reviewing docs and spreadsheets on the go this is going to have to be an app you install.

Looking for a free eBook reader that supports the epub or oeb format? The creator of FBReader has been working on porting the application over to android and has been doing a great job of it. It's open source and available to download from the applications website it is not available from the market. epub is starting to become more widely used so this might be a good fit for your ebook readers out there!

Do you have any suggestions or maybe an app I should add here that I might have forgotten? I would love to here it please comment.