Queues for Google's first phone

Queues for Google's first phone

US gadget fans have been queueing for hours to get their hands on the new Google G1 mobile phone.
Like its main market rival, Apple's web-enabled iPhone, the handset is controlled by a touch-screen system.
But unlike Apple's latest offering, the G1 also boasts a qwerty keyboard and a 3.2 megapixel camera as well as an internet browser and music player.
Eric Holland, the manager at T-Mobile's shop in Times Square, New York, said: "You know, when you hold it in your hand, it feels really great in your hand, it feels great when you're talking into it.
"It's also just a great little slide phone with a keyboard hidden underneath.
"I think really the cell phone industry is transitioning away from form and more into function and this phone has a whole lot of function. It does pretty much everything you want it to do, other than, you know, cook you dinner."
The G1 is on sale in the US for $179.99 with a two-year plan from T-Mobile.

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