The first Andoid phone was officially announced by Google, HTC and T-mobile. There was not really a “WOW” effect during the presentation. The design is well known from the first Android presentations and the features could have been expected.

Here a small list of facts:

• Processor: Qualcomm® MSM7201A™, 528 MHz
• Memory: 256 MB ROM, 192 MB RAM
• Dimensions: (LxWxT) 117.7 mm x 55.7 mm x 17.1 mm
• Weight: 158 grams (5.57 ounces) with battery
• Display: 3.2-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with 320 x 480 (HVGA) resolution
• Network: HSDPA/WCDMA, Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
• Device Control Trackball with Enter button
• Keyboard: Slide-out 5-row QWERTY keyboard
• GPS: GPS navigation capability with built-in GPS receiver and map software
• Connectivity: Bluetooth® 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate, Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11b/g, HTC ExtUSB™ (11-pin mini-USB 2.0 and audio jack in one)
• Camera: 3.2 megapixel color camera with fixed focus
• Audio: Built-in microphone and speaker
• Battery: Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery, Capacity: 1150 mAh
• Expansion Slot: microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
• Special Features: Digital Compass, Motion Sensor

Some Drawbacks:

• No syncronisation possible with your PC
• You have to provide your data to Google
• No support for Microsoft Exchange Server
• It is not possible to handle multiple Google Accounts
• Except Youtube clips it is not possible to play other video formats.
• No standard 2.5 inch earphone jack (only via USB).
• No big internal storage.
• Online music from Amazon can be downloaded only via WLAN and not via UMTS (3G).
• Text can be entered only via the QERTY keyboard and not on the touch screen.

But beside all this drawbacks the good thing is that Android is open-source and all software based drawbacks will be eliminated by the community soon.