Today is the day…

Do I really need to remind anyone what today is? That’s right, we’ll be “live” blogging here as best we can. I’ll be taking the best of the news coming down through the blogosphere and posting it here for all to read in one sweet solid place. Remember, you can watch at http://announcement.t-mobileg1.com/ Here we go:

According to reports coming off the wire, Amazon will have 6 million DRM-free music tracks available on the g1 at launch, 89 cents a song

Less than 10 minutes, 5 minutes

At-Launch Applications:

o ShopSavvy: designed to help people do comparative shopping

o Ecorio: developed to help people keep track of their daily travels and view what their carbon footprint looks like

o BreadCrumbz: enables people to create a step-by-step visual map using photos; customers can create their own routes, share them with friends or with the world

o Amazon MP3 Store (pre-installed on device): enables people to search DRM-free, full-track MP3 music and download that music from Amazon directly to their device using a Wi-Fi connection

Video is starting…

T-mobile CTO on stage, introductions for Andy Rubin from Google, CEO of HTC

Launches here and through Duetsche Telekom,

http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/t-mobile-g1-first-hands-on/

Andy Rubin on stage, Peter Chau (sp?) CEO of HTC up now, congratulations all around for their “vision, strategy and execution”

Cole is back up, talking about road leading up to Android development, OHA

Phone is introduced!!!

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Detailed demo video up right now, internet looks fantastic!! Amazon mp3 looks fluid and responsive, in fact the whole interface looks as responsive as the iPhone

Yup, GPS, like we said…browser again looks fantastic!

Everything look so intuitive and fluid…demo’ing pacman!

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Talking about open source right now, sorry iPhone…think you met your match, community developers talking right now, talking about software development

We have received confirmation of a pre-sale taking place…phone should be in your hands by Oct 22!!

Pricing: $179, existing customers may pre-sale!!!! Commercial launch date is Oct 22 in “select markets!!” 25 dollar data option for 400messages/web, 35 dollar option for unlimited web/messaging, exactly what we already knew!!!

Q&A going on right now through the audience…

NO tethering…sim locked to T-mobile as well

Push GMAIL, pull imap…

Hmm, we were right again, 2G markets are online order ONLY!!

I’m doing the best I can to keep up guys, but the site is getting slammed and the dashboard keeps crashing so bear with us…its a Q&A from the audience right now, biggest advertising campaign for a mobile device ever for T-mobile, syncs with all google platforms, no A2DP as confirmed, no desktop app, all server based (sidekick?)

Quad band GSM, dual band WCDMA

Sergey Brin and Larry Page, google founders taking the stage!

Forgot to mention, you CAN search your email, no word if its just gmail or ALL email

Lucky, these guys have been using it for a while, they are discussing how great the phone is via web, email etc

Again bear with us, the site is getting slammed!!

MUCH CREDIT GOES OUT TO GIZMODO, ANDROIDCOMMUNITY, ENGADGET, CRUNCHGEAR WHOSE LIVE WEBUPDATES HELPED ME HELP YOU!!!

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  • dat chyk

    I am so excited about this!!! One more hour!!!

  • Mike Panko

    I have been a T-Mobile customer for years and just LOVE your services and products. I have been waiting and watching each day for the new Android phone to be released. I am a System Engineer for Juniper Networks and my wife is a VP Northrop Grumman. We would like to make this product a standard in our companys’.

    What do I have do to get one?????????????

  • WazzuKirk

    Woo hoo!! T-minus 44 minutes!!

  • Juan

    Ohhhh West Coast.

    It’s too early for this shit. lol

  • WazzuKirk

    LOL! Yeah, I live in Seattle and I got up at 5am for this stuff. C’mon G1!!

  • Paul

    Argh I’m not going to be into work until about 7:45am. Please please please spend the first 15 minutes talking about how many songs you’ve sold in the iTunes mus…. err… wait. nm.

  • dat chyk

    LOL @ Juan! It is real early there, but atleast you don’t have to try and watch it from work with the possibility of getting interrupted!!

  • Brian

    Yay, I am heading to my Computer Science class and the Laptop is coming with me for this event.

  • sam

    oh no! i’m at work and the tmobile g1 website won’t work for me here! damn government! hopefully i don’t miss anything..

  • T1 Connect

    ok is everyone ready cue the g1

  • CB.Jacked

    This is only the beginning. Everyone always complained about T-Mobiles lack of smart phones compared to other companies. Now with the launch of their 3G network they have a reason to release more advanced phones, its going to be an exciting future for T-Mo for sure. T-Mos customer service paired with their upcoming line of phones will be a tuff combination indeed!

  • CB.Jacked

    Oh snap, the web is ready to fire! G1 logo is up!

  • Armo

    im gunna be at school and wont have any way of watching it. can i watch it a few hours after its done?

  • http://www.smartlifestore.com rich

    At least the pre-show music is hip . . . .

  • CB.Jacked

    10 minutes everyone, and my boss just went to a meeting. Guess what im gonna be watching!!!

  • J-Hap

    was anybody else awaken by the long beeeeeeeeeeeeeep from this page thismorning? Didn’t even need to set my alarm! 10 more minutes!

  • TechnologyXDA

    I have a Dream, with video capture and bluetooth stereo, I have a Dream with all the whistles and bells on my next mobile device, now you can share my Dream at http://sonyericsson.com/x1/ ……..!

  • http://www.smartlifestore.com rich

    I read somewhere that I had to be 22 months into my 2 year contract to be able to preorder. I hope that’s BS

  • http://www.smartlifestore.com rich

    That was a test of the emergency broadcast system

  • Andréa

    don’t know, been out of my two year contract for three months… how about this really sucky music? what the heck bongo drums? just hurry up three more minutes!!!!

  • j1jacob

    Its almost time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Andréa

    it on!!!

  • Sabeer Kibria

    End of this week according to the keynote!

  • talon

    Yep, where is holden at? thats right he was wrong and so was everyone else having doubts about what the design would be.

  • http://www.smartlifestore.com rich

    OMG, it was worth the wait. It’s sooo great! Truely the iphone killer!!

  • Sabeer Kibria

    I meant the preorder is availible by the end of the week.

  • Mike

    $179
    Oct 22nd

  • dat chyk

    $179. Current customers can grab it today via a pre-sale. Data Plans are $25 with unlimited Internet but limited messaging. $35 unlimited everything!!!

  • alex

    No tethering? 179?! Yes!!!!!!!! Will pre sale arrive same day as reg sale?

  • Michael M

    No tethering?? WTF??

  • tmofan12

    when can we pre order? can it be done over the phone?

  • http://www.smartlifestore.com rich

    where’s the Buy It Now link?

  • SheShe

    We can get it today?

  • http://www.smartlifestore.com rich

    Dude, somebody is writhig tether software as we speak.

  • http://www.leviathan-avc.com Seablade

    I wonder how long it will take someone to use the WiFi ability of the phone to allow tethering. I think T-Mobile is not realising how big a deal that one will be for many people(Myself included).

    On the flip side, the pricing for their data plans is a strong mark for them, and the PUSH Gmail is also a good mark. One thing I would love to confirm is compatibility with Google Apps For Your Domain.

    Seablade

  • tfan

    What’s tether?

  • j1jacob

    the website is still locked down, is it just me or is everyone else having the same prob.

  • http://www.leviathan-avc.com Seablade

    Tethering = The ability to use the phone as a modem(Gateway) between your laptop(Or other computers/devices, like my n770/n800) and the 3G data network.

    Yes the website is still locked down. They say shortly after the press conference so give em some time.

    Seablade

  • T1 Connect

    why cant i order mine its limited quantity he said

  • Tmo Android

    Its going to have an acceloramiter, that is awesome. And I’m sure someone will write a tethering program. Plus didn’t they say it would have stereo bluetooth?

  • Paul

    Wow – I really thought I was going to come away loving what I saw this morning but I have to say – I just don’t feel that this device is ready for primetime yet. Nothing WOWed me the way the original iPhone presentation wowed me. The lack of exchange support is big to me – syncing my calendar via exchange and contacts back and forth is really something I’ve come to need on my mobile.

    I somehow find myself closer than ever going for the Touch Diamond or possibly the iPhone now. I did not expect to feel this way.

  • tfan

    Thanks Seablade I hope it comes with that my dash that feature

  • T1 Connect

    yo tfan holden waz wrong. what happened to him

  • T1 Connect

    i just ordered one in black from the upgrade site

  • jaydel

    on my tmobile for purchase right now

  • dat chyk

    I just spoke with a T-Mo rep over the phone who said I can only order the phone wia the link on the G1 website. He said, not until the press conference is completely over…around 1pm EST.

  • http://myspace.com/naz1m Naz

    The Site Is Not Working Yet Right…? Or Am I Bugging Or My Computer Is…..?

  • Smoku

    data plans will kill some of the sales as people have family plans u u u!!

  • GrayT

    Ordered the black one!

  • dat chyk

    Oh, it’s available via MY Tmobile through the Upgrade my phone link YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ordering now!!!!

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