I'm sure Google can answer most of these questions, so get googling. Now for question 4. I will say this thing(N1 and 2.2) is multitasking like a beast. At one time I had loads of widgets enabled, music going on, browsing the web, checking email, looking up where I as on Google Maps and some times used Google Navigation, Had stuff monitoring battery and cpu usage, viewing pictures in the 3D gallery and so on. Not once did the phone slow down or hesitate at all unless a buggy app was using CPU.
Your experience will be VERY different/limited on the G1.
(I found a way to make my phone stay on 100% for two extra hours )
Bouy next time show some videos, these are not Android fanitics like us. Got to show them proof and what words can not describe
Here is a video of the Desire 2.1 Rom on the Nexus One:
his internet connect mad slow tho..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2JjkqY8qbQ
You guys my like this too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovQRYnKzvCo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-zdF1tRdgE
Here is flash player in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7a2o3CNnXY
As for Motorola blocking anything. They said it's not them but rather the chipset they chose that blocks any unsigned rom from running on their devices. Here is a follow up article on the matter:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/m...sy-says-efuse/
http://mobile.engadget.com/2010/07/1...-galaxy-s-mod/
He has yet to fully give me a screen shot of it yet. Even if him could just use the WiFi hot-spot feature to the laptop and use speedtest.net and copy and paste the code here.
I wouldn't use the G1 to do an assessment on Android in general. It's hardware is VERY limited and software, outdated. Though you can flash new roms on it. Please know that performance will suffer due to the limited hardware it comes with ok.
Anyway just get flashing and researching once you get it. You will have a better experience than the current stock Android it comes with. good luck.