T-Mobile G1 Google Android Phone - Hands On

Engadget is posting one of the first hands-on with the G1 Google Andoid Phone.

Yep -- there it is. We finally, finally got our mitts all over the very first Android device, the T-Mobile G1 -- hanging out in the crowd, waiting for the official announce, naturally -- and so far we like what we see. The phone is surprisingly thinner than we thought it would be, and it feels pretty solid in your hand (though they've opted for an almost all plastic device, no metal here). The keyboard seems usable and reasonably well thought-out, and the slider action is like butter, with a nice little swoop for good effect.

They report that the browser is much choppier than the iPhone Safari browser. And it appears that there is two separate mail apps, one for Gmail and a separate IMAP app. There also is no multi-touch functionality like that of the iPhone.

I wonder about 3G? T-Mobile is struggling to get a 3G network in place, so the data speeds have to be slower than the iPhone right?