Wish you could play with T-Mobile’s Android-based G1 device before it ships? T-Mobile has subtly introduced an emulator for droolers to frenzy over and for naysayers to reaffirm their pre-launch discontent.
Yes, unfortunately this emulator is interesting the first second or two you use it, and a right ol’ tease from 0:03 onward. It seems to work from the start. Some buttons get “pressed,” and sometimes things happen. Other times not so much.
People hungry for crazy keyboard action will be none too thrilled. No way to browse the Web. No way to write an email. Or browse the map. The only ability to use the keyboard is to dial a number. Or not dial a number, if you want to see it from the opposite angle. Elsewhere, you can sign in to AIM, open a Gmail inbox, scroll through an email message, visit the Android Market homepage, scroll down the homepage, and manually browse through identical photos in an entirely disengaging way, all the while viewing what the Menu button allows for. That’s it, folks.
