Google, T-Mobile G1 Official Photos

If it looks like a gaming logo don’t fret. The G1 is primed to be fun for consumers much the way Apple’s iPhone was. What do you think about the device’s brand logo?

Andy Rubin, senior director of mobile platforms for Google, joined Google in 2005 to create the Android mobile operating system, a complete Linux stack that Google was highly secretive about until it was unveiled in November 2007. Rubin, a lover of mobile gadgets, created the popular Sidekick for T-Mobile.

The phone features a very Google-y interface, but the true winner is in the navigation and accessibility. The G1 boasts an iPhone-like touch-screen, a slide-out keyboard and a track ball for your Web surfing pleasure.

Google co-founders told Rubin and his team they wanted blazing-fast search no one in the mobile and wireless industry had yet seen. The G1 features one-click search …

Here is what Google search results look like on the G1.

You don’t need the keyboard or the track ball to access a G1. Here it is in touch-screen mode.