Phone- Shmone

Ohhhhhhkaaaay, I desperatly want that new T-Mobile Google phone. The G1. Here's the thing... Sometimes my researching abilities really put a damper on the level of fun I have in my life. I spent a good hour scouring the interwebs yesterday, reading every article I could find and watching every tutorial and demo available on YouTube. All in all, this phone sounds like a pile of steaming garbage. I was SO excited! I called T-Mobile Customer Care and asked about my plan options prior to jumping online and doing my homework. The chick I talked to got me ALL SORTS of worked up about it! She did her job very well. I was seriously convinced this Google phone had the ability to cure cancer. Then... dun dun dun...

I hit the blogs... and ran a few searches on the phone. Apparantly, the people who have it in their possession aren't very happy. 3.1 Megapixel camera... no video capability. The 3G feature doesn't work in most places yet. Calls drop like crazy. The GPS doesn't pick up a solid signal and keeps failing. I understand needing to work the kinks out but- What the crap? If Google's gonna attach their name to a device they should probably make sure it's stellar first, no?

I will never claim to know a hell of a lot about technology but I do know that I'm awfully tired of companies releasing a phone (IPhone), people paying the equilivant of a car payment for said phone, and then the company releasing the follow-up version 3 or 6 months later at a cheaper price. What's my incentive to go out and purchase the first version of ANY piece of technology?