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Thanks to G4TV for the following news from a 11/27 post:

“Although the T-Mobile G1 has quickly become a techno-geek darling, some consumers aren’t happy with the color selection. The black is boring…the bronze is ugly…the white would be awesome except for the keyboard, etc. Thankfully, the fine folks at Colorware are here to save G1 users from drab colors. Android fanatics can send in their G1 and get a custom color job for $205. Alternatively, a new one can be purchased complete with a fresh paint job for an exorbitant sum of $755.

Colorware has been applying a crayon to numerous pieces of consumer electronics ranging from laptops, phones, Guitar Hero controllers, Dyson vacuums, and more. The company has a good reputation, so if you can stomach the high price for a bubblegum-pink G1, at least you know your product is in good hands.”

 

Sending in your existing G1 is a service only currently available to U.S. customers. Colorware’s website is interactive and you can view various color samples and apply different filters.

Dec 24^th delivery is available for ordering new and custom color paint job on your existing phone and but you had better hurry, the cut off is Dec 2, 2008. There is a rush delivery process for an additional fee and that cut off is Dec 15, 2008

Colorware, as mentioned above, also does custom branding for products for an additional fee, so you can have your company or personal logo all over your G1 or your laptop, etc.

 

You can order color samples from them to view before buying for $5.00 each.

From their website: “ColorWare Inc., established in 2000, is an industry leader in altering the color of existing products. ColorWare began with the concept of transforming the ubiquitous beige computer into a custom-colored work of art. The idea began with an attempt to color a late-model cell phone in 1999. After a year of testing and experimenting, the ColorWare high-gloss, scratch-resistant polymer-based coating was perfected. ColorWare’s initial offerings included 22 standard colors available on two mp3 players, three gaming consoles, and four computers, and many new products as well as additional colors have been added in recent years.”

Downside: doing something like that with a 3^rd party vendor may void your warranties on the phone. (this disclosure is in their order form)

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Thanks to Shawn Brown of Google Phone Week in Review 11/2/08 and Android News for info on the following:

Rumors that Wal-Mart would soon carry the G1 in their stores spread like wildfire this week. Despite Wal-Mart claiming that they were only rumors, the story turned out to be true.

In no time at all people spotted the G1 in store desplays. Motorola’s Co-CEO Sajay Jha stated on a Q3 earnings conference call that there will be no Android-powered handset released by them until the Christmas season.

Update from Android News: Walmart began carrying the T-Mobile G1 on November 24. The top ten Wal-Mart locations in each market will be getting the T-Mobile G1 on the 24th of November just in time for Christmas. Big note here: Cheaper price!

 

UK News: On October 30th residents of the United Kingdom were able to finally get their hands on the T-Mobile G1. The UK however got a few changes that the US did not receive, the G1 in the UK comes in either Black or White while the US only got the Black and Bronze version of the G1. Other differences in the UK release is the price, you can purchase it overseas for free with a 2 year agreement, also the G1 comes a 2GB MicroSD card as opposed to the 1Gb that we received.

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