wget -q http://static.natalian.org/2009-01-02/2008-tmobile-data.txt -O /dev/stdout | awk -F, '{sum += $5 } END { print sprintf("%.2f",sum) }'
10.89

11GBP for 5 days in Germany? I didn't use data nearly as much as I would in the UK. Android has no data accountancy functionality.

A mobile phone that would detail accurate data roaming costs. Those are the sensible sorts applications that provide tremendous value. Not stupid bar code scanner applications.

The proprietary headphone jack

HTC use a proprietary ExtUSB interface for audio. You can get a Stereo Headset Adapter - HTC exUSB for 8GBP.

Do not write Dalvik Android applications

First I implore you not to write an Android Application. i.e. a Java dalvik .apk.

Most developers require Geolocation and you can easily achieve Geolocation in the Android browser. The Web is the future!

That been said, the best thing on the G1 is the comments on the Android market. That's an incredibly hilarious Dalvik application that's brought tears to my eyes!

Other reasons not to develop Dalvik applications

• Google's Market has no upgrade mechanism. The Web has easy seamless upgrades by default. Why choose anything else than giving your users continuous improvement everyday?
• The Web works on more devices and computers than Dalvik ever will. Why limit your application's audience?
• Want to create bookmarks to your Web application from the homescreen? Use Gears shortcut mechanism!

I HAZ ROOT

# df
/dev: 49564K total, 0K used, 49564K available (block size 4096)
/sqlite_stmt_journals: 4096K total, 0K used, 4096K available (block size 4096)
/system: 69120K total, 60612K used, 8508K available (block size 4096)
/data: 76544K total, 27788K used, 48756K available (block size 4096)
/cache: 69120K total, 1364K used, 67756K available (block size 4096)
/sdcard: 1983360K total, 198208K used, 1785152K available (block size 32768)

# ps
USER     PID   PPID  VSIZE RSS   WCHAN    PC         NAME
root     1     0     264   140   c00a5cd0 0000c36c S /init
root     2     0     0     0     c005bd28 00000000 S kthreadd
root     3     2     0     0     c004c12c 00000000 S ksoftirqd/0
root     4     2     0     0     c006e978 00000000 S watchdog/0
root     5     2     0     0     c0058b40 00000000 S events/0
root     6     2     0     0     c0058b40 00000000 S khelper
root     7     2     0     0     c0058b40 00000000 S suspend/0
root     8     2     0     0     c0058b40 00000000 S kblockd/0
root     9     2     0     0     c0058b40 00000000 S kmmcd
root     10    2     0     0     c0058b40 00000000 S btaddconn
root     11    2     0     0     c0058b40 00000000 S btdelconn
root     12    2     0     0     c0058b40 00000000 S qmi
root     13    2     0     0     c003263c 00000000 D rpcrouter
root     14    2     0     0     c0058b40 00000000 S detection/0
root     15    2     0     0     c0032fb4 00000000 S krpcserversd
root     16    2     0     0     c007a964 00000000 S pdflush
root     17    2     0     0     c007a964 00000000 S pdflush
root     18    2     0     0     c007e8b4 00000000 S kswapd0
root     19    2     0     0     c0058b40 00000000 S aio/0
root     20    2     0     0     c0032fb4 00000000 S kadspd
root     21    2     0     0     c0058b40 00000000 S panel_on/0
root     22    2     0     0     c0151ff8 00000000 S mtdblockd
root     23    2     0     0     c0157d84 00000000 S USB mass_storag
root     24    2     0     0     c0058b40 00000000 S synaptics_wq
root     25    2     0     0     c020dfc0 00000000 S krfcommd
root     26    2     0     0     c01751d0 00000000 S mmcqd
root     27    1     724   208   c0049a2c afe0c4cc S /system/bin/sh
system   28    1     796   148   c0189f10 afe0b74c S /system/bin/servicemanager
root     29    1     1828  256   ffffffff afe0b50c S /system/bin/mountd
root     30    1     652   136   c0196e68 afe0c0bc S /system/bin/debuggerd
radio    31    1     7720  564   ffffffff afe0bdbc S /system/bin/rild
root     32    1     65612 9684  c00a62ec afe0b874 S zygote
media    33    1     32524 2200  ffffffff afe0b74c S /system/bin/mediaserver
bluetooth 35    1     1164  180   c00a5cd0 afe0c69c S /system/bin/dbus-daemon
root     36    1     788   188   c01fb090 afe0b50c S /system/bin/installd
compass  38    1     1304  312   c0169014 afe0b74c S /system/bin/akmd
shell    39    1     3328  128   ffffffff 0000e664 S /sbin/adbd
system   57    32    237556 22076 ffffffff afe0b74c S system_server
radio    101   32    114888 15860 ffffffff afe0c824 S com.android.phone
root     1057  2     0     0     c0032dc8 00000000 D audmgr_rpc
root     10878 2     0     0     c016da84 00000000 D ksdiorqd
root     10879 2     0     0     c0058b40 00000000 S tiwlan_wifi_wq
wifi     10882 1     2972  548   ffffffff afe0b874 S /system/bin/wpa_supplicant
app_7    11242 32    104180 15780 ffffffff afe0c824 S com.google.process.gapps
app_4    11248 32    113160 20052 ffffffff afe0c824 S android.process.acore
app_21   12467 32    96960 13212 ffffffff afe0c824 S com.google.android.talk
root     12794 1     644   232   c009ef28 afe0b50c S /system/bin/logwrapper
dhcp     12795 12794 692   364   c00a5cd0 afe0c69c S dhcpcd
system   12853 32    99116 13672 ffffffff afe0c824 S com.android.settings
app_23   12884 32    102732 19260 ffffffff afe0c824 S com.android.vending
app_3    12902 32    88744 13260 ffffffff afe0c824 S android.process.media
app_34   12924 32    103020 12308 ffffffff afe0c824 S src.com.poidio.terminal
root     12937 27    656   272   c00a5cd0 afe0c69c S telnetd
root     12942 12937 724   324   c0049a2c afe0c4cc S /system/bin/sh
root     12952 12942 868   328   00000000 afe0b50c R ps

# cat build.prop
# begin build properties
# autogenerated by buildinfo.sh
ro.build.id=TC5-RC7
ro.build.version.incremental=112931
ro.build.version.sdk=1
ro.build.version.release=1.0
ro.build.date=Thu Oct  9 21:54:11 PDT 2008
ro.build.date.utc=1223614451
ro.build.type=user
ro.build.user=android-build
ro.build.host=undroid13.corp.google.com
ro.build.tags=ota-rel-keys,release-keys
ro.product.model=T-Mobile G1
ro.product.brand=tmuk
ro.product.name=kila_uk
ro.product.device=dream
ro.product.board=trout
ro.product.manufacturer=HTC
ro.product.locale.language=en
ro.product.locale.region=GB
# ro.build.product is obsolete; use ro.product.device
ro.build.product=dream
# Do not try to parse ro.build.description or .fingerprint
ro.build.description=kila_uk-user 1.0 TC5-RC7 112931 ota-rel-keys,release-keys
ro.build.fingerprint=tmuk/kila_uk/dream/trout:1.0/TC5-RC7/112931:user/ota-rel-keys,release-keys
# end build properties
#
# system.prop for dream
#

rild.libpath=/system/lib/libhtc_ril.so
wifi.interface = tiwlan0

#
# ADDITIONAL_BUILD_PROPERTIES
#
ro.com.google.clientid=tmobile-uk
ro.com.android.dateformat=dd-MM-yyyy
ro.com.android.dataroaming=false
ro.ril.hsxpa=2
ro.ril.gprsclass=12
ro.config.ringtone=T-Jingle.ogg
persist.sys.timezone=Europe/London
ro.config.notification_sound=F1_New_SMS.ogg
ro.url.legal=http://www.google.com/intl/%s/mobile/android/g1-legal.html
ro.config.ringtone=BirdLoop.ogg
ro.config.sync=yes
net.bt.name=Android
dalvik.vm.stack-trace-file=/data/anr/traces.txt

G1 Annoyances

1. SMS not being integrated to email. Basically I want to forward SMSes as email. Would be nice to have an email address that fowards to SMS.
2. Input type file is disabled/unimplemented
3. Phone number in status not updated after number change
4. 2G Internet does not work when you are using voice. URM!?
5. Can't use G1 as a modem.
6. Be good if it showed alarms on the clock face. The Alarm icon on the notification has no value after you've set a couple to manage you routine ...
7. There must be a way of quickly informing Gtalk users you are on the mobile!!
8. Android Issue list
9. Piss off the developer
10. No Google browser Roadmap cupcake. Google develops Android browser stuff in private and then does an open code snapshot. If 3rd party businesses want to work with their platform, they need to know exactly when HTML5 features are going to be rolled out!
11. No Android market for Web applications such as Geo

Gtalk chats are a great feature. But often I miss the chat and I can't figure out how the "Recent conversations archive" supposed to work. What's worse is that sometimes I confuse 'Gtalk chat' with SMS, whereby SMS does not seem to appear in 'Gtalk chat' pane of Gmail!

Use cases

Lets consider some use cases I want.

Sharing a snap on Flickr then making a tweet about it.

It's really tiresome to quickly to a URL...

1. Go to URL
2. Long press on URL
3. Copy

Be better if there was some API to copy to clipboard. Or just a better clipboard really.

Having 100% reception, or rather... being able to tweet whilst not connected

Having no offline HTML5 support sucks! Gears theoretically should have support for this, but Android Google Reader Web application does not use this feature. WHY?

A friend texts me from her new mobile number. How do I get that number from a SMS into my contact as a secondary number?

You should be able to long press to copy and paste to do this. It's a bit clumsy. When you have the number in the dial screen you can actually press 'Menu' and select "Add to contacts".

Poor Web integration

You can thankfully add bookmarks to the home screen. Your Web application can too with the Gears shortcut API. What would be better is widget support.

Once opening a bookmark from the homescreen, Android launches a new window in Android Chrome Web browser. Unfortunately this really sucks as your can only have 6 windows open at one time. Since default actions open a new window, it's quite easy to hit this limit annoyingly again and again. The paradox is that you are somehow allowed to keep many multiple Dalvik applications open in the background, but not Web applications!!

Links

• How T-mobile screwed up the G1 launch
• First impressions of using the G1
• Hendry's Flickr Android stream

• T-mobile Account overview

T-mobile customer service

The good thing is that you can just email CustomerServices@t-mobile.co.uk and you'll more than likely receive a response. This beats Three.co.uk who basically refused to answer queries by any medium other that voice. I assume they do this to ensure they can not be held liable for any misinformation as it is difficult to record voice.

The bad things are you'll get an autoresponder once sending the mail. And the follow up will more than likely be an essay with bad news from a customer service 'droid.

Update: Lately they demand:

So that I can answer your query, I'll need to access your account to confirm
you're the account holder. To do this I need you to confirm your mobile number,
full name and address including postcode and your password if you have one
registered to the account.

Even for generic questions! Once I gave my number as the Phone number in Status is incorrect. They rung me up instead of replying. I asked them politely to please email me a response instead. This was resisted heavily and I still have not heard from T-mobile customer service! PA-THE-TIC T-mobile. Oh I have received a response now after emailing again:

I've also checked your other query for you and I'm afraid there?s no work
around to remove the number from your status menu. However this wont affect
your phone.

Things that suck with T-mobile

1. No conference call
2. T-mobile employing Content Transformation, put Header set Cache-Control: no-transform in your .htaccess
3. Call waiting does not seem to work
4. Data reception at the University of Surrey SUCKS, even though they advertise on campus! WTF
5. No special treatment for T hotspots -- "Sadly, there are no discounts for this service at present."
6. Your 250+ GBP allowance does not work abroad - no special deals for Germany

Android supports the @font-face src attribute

My style sheet loads the Andika font. Try this page in your Android browser!

What is @font-face ??

It basically means you can dynamically use any font you want.

A big problem or blessing if you like sane type faces, is there is only a few "Web fonts" that work everywhere.

However new technology exists where you just download them on the fly, and Android supports this. So designers can rejoice that they can use type faces they want. Without using horrible techniques like making bitmap images of headings which can't work on mobiles as they can't scale.

G1 Bluetooth

Bluetooth HID does not work

Very annoyingly I can't use bluetooth to get Internet for my Nokia N800 or N810 devices!

:r !sudo hcitool info 00:21:BA:74:4E:B7

Requesting information ...
    BD Address:  00:21:BA:74:4E:B7
    LMP Version: 2.0 (0x3) LMP Subversion: 0x1126
    Manufacturer: Texas Instruments Inc. (13)
    Features: 0xff 0xff 0x2d 0xfe 0x9b 0xf9 0x00 0x80
        <3-slot packets> <5-slot packets> <encryption> <slot offset> 
        <timing accuracy> <role switch> <hold mode> <sniff mode> 
        <park state> <RSSI> <channel quality> <SCO link> <HV2 packets> 
        <HV3 packets> <u-law log> <A-law log> <CVSD> <power control> 
        <transparent SCO> <EDR ACL 2 Mbps> <EDR ACL 3 Mbps> 
        <enhanced iscan> <interlaced iscan> <interlaced pscan> 
        <inquiry with RSSI> <extended SCO> <EV4 packets> <EV5 packets> 
        <AFH cap. slave> <AFH class. slave> <3-slot EDR ACL> 
        <5-slot EDR ACL> <AFH cap. master> <AFH class. master> 
        <EDR eSCO 2 Mbps> <EDR eSCO 3 Mbps> <3-slot EDR eSCO> 
        <extended features>