Google is hoping to transform cellphones the way it did the Web, beginning with its first Android phone, the new T-Mobile G1. But if Google really wants to dominate the mobile market, it will have to prove that it can out-do (or get third parties like HTC to out-do) Apple’s iPhone, the market leader when it comes to functionality and usability. And while many of the G1’s features are direct responses to iPhone shortcomings, there are still many departments in which the iPhone will remain dominant.

                                  Here are some features that makes a Andeoid Phone differ from an Iphone from Apple.

1. Technology:

                       The most exciting part of the iPhone is not the phone itself but the combination of the phone’s capability and the large number of inexpensive apps available through the Apple App store.

                                   

Web pages onto mobile devices and even with the IPhone’s improved graphics, booking travel on the mobile Web browser can be challenging. The other approach of downloaded apps seems to be a much preferred way to penetrate the IPhone market. A strength that Apple has verses Google is the control of the hardware and software. The hardware control includes the firmware (software that is embedded on the hardware) giving greater consistent performance.

2. Features:

 

Look: The look of a Android phone or a Iphone from Apple is so good that a person who use these phone feels total satisfaction in his heart.

Ease of using:

 

                           Both of phones have this much of functions that the consumer feel total ease to use these phones.These are just as pocket-based PCs.

 

Applications available:

1:  Offline Integration with Google Apps

2:  Multitasking and Copy and Pasting

3:  Touchscreen

4:  Internet gaming

5:  Micro-SD Slot

6:  Maps Street View images

7:  3.2 Megapixel camera

8:  Bluetooth

9:  Processer Qualcomm MSM720/A

       10:  Music support

       11: Support for push mail

 

Size/Weight:

 The size of an android phone is 117.7mm*5.7mm*17.1mm(L*W*T) and weight is 150gms.

                  

And an iphone is a small and lightweight which measures 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm and weighs 133 grams.  

3. Cost:

               If you want an 8 GB G1, you’ll have to purchase an 8 GB micro-SD card, which will push the price of the phone from $179 above the iPhone’s $199 price tag.

                 

4. Advantages/disadvantages:

 

ADVANTAGES:

The G1 is an interesting device from smartphone maker HTC. Here are five things about it that are really cool.

1. Capacitive touch screen: 

The G1 has a capacitive touch screen just as the iPhone does. This means it is very responsive when you touch it. It also has haptic feedback, to let you know you’ve performed certain actions.

2. Easy-to-Use Interface: The user interface was intuitive at first blush, and didn’t leave you wondering, “Why did they do that?” The layout was easy to understand, and simply made sense.

3. Great Google (NSDQ: GOOG) services integration:  It couldn’t be any more tightly knit together. Gmail, Google Map with Street View, Google Search, YouTube, and others are built into the UI and work great.

4. Having a keyboard:

Typing on an iphone can be a serious pain. The G1 has a real, physical keyboard for typing out e-mails, instant messages, and test messages.

5. Upgradability: The Android UI is open source, and can be upgraded and added to over time. Google, T-Mobile, and HTC pretty much promised as much.

DISADVANTAGES:

Android and the HTC G1 aren’t perfect. In fact, there are some glaring flaws. Here are five of them.

1. The hardware: Sorry, HTC, but the G1 feels cheap. I understand that what we saw today were preproduction units, but the phones felt thrown together. The plastics weren’t high quality and the trackball didn’t work all the time.

2. The camera:The G1 may have a 3-megapixel camera with autofocus, but it doesn’t have a flash, nor a vanity mirror. It also is a bit slow, and the images I

took with it were not of the highest caliber

3. The keyboard: QWERTY keyboards on smartphones are a funny thing. Some are great, and some stink. The G1’s keyboard falls in the middle. The buttons are small, flat, and don’t have a lot of travel and feedback to let you know that you’ve pressed them. The keyboard will take some getting used to for most people.

4. No headphone jack: This is something HTC needs to deal with on more phones than just the G1. The G1 does not have a 2.5-mm or 3.5-mm headset jack. That means you have to use a USB adapter if you want listen to music. I have to ask, why bother including a media player at all if you’re going to make it a hassle to use headphones. What’s worse, the G1 doesn’t support stereo Bluetooth (yet), so the adapter is your only choice. Get with the program, HTC, and figure out how to put 3.5-mm headset jacks onto your device.

5. No PC syncing:I get it. Google (NSDQ: GOOG) believes in the cloud, and nowhere is that more evident than with the G1. There is no desktop syncing client available for the G1. That means if you want to sync your contacts, calendars, etc., you have to do it all through the Internet. While this functionality is a large part of the G1’s premise, there are those who are going to want to have more

control and sync directly from their computer

 

 

5.Market Reach:

                              The T-Mobile G1 Google Android phone is seen as the iPhone’s strongest competitor with features such as an application marketplace and an open mobile operating syatem.

But for most consumers, the decision to buy the phone will largely be based on how much they will have to pay to own the device and keep it going. G1 hits retail stores on October 22 amidst a weak economy and fears that holiday spending could be hit.

A quick back of the envelope calculation shows G1 will be at least $380 cheaper than an iPhone over two years. That could tip the scales for many buyers in favor of the G1.

To be fair, it is not a completely apples-to-apples comparison. T-Mobile offers more minutes than AT&T for a comparable price and the two don’t have identical voice plans. T-Mobile also offers a bundled data plan that has unlimited data and text messages, while AT&T includes unlimited data in the cost of its voice plan.

The differences not with standing, you can still make a fair estimate.