Gadget Flashback – HTC

T-Mobile G1 (2008)

The game-changer. Also known as the HTC Dream, the G1 was the world’s first Android phone, and HTC’s first with a capacitive touchscreen, which meant true finger-friendliness. It was too bulky and geeky, but its successors would go on to make Google’s OS the world’s top-selling smartphone platform.