When the G1 appeared on T-Mobile, it had a hefty amount of curiosity factor built-in, being the first device with Google`s own mobile OS since they bought the Android startup. The interface wasn`t that polished and functional, and there weren`t much, if any, apps behind it, so the year-old iPhone felt it had nothing to worry about.

With a swarm of dedicated owners and developers, though, the G1 outgrew its purpose and became a hardware platform for all kinds of Android ROM cooking, skinning, and application efforts. It even got graced with Android 2.2 lately, but after two years in existence, T-Mobile pulled the plug on the handset sales yesterday, and from now on it will only be a collector`s item. Don`t throw your bricked G1s yet, they might be worth a fortune when the little green robot conquers the world.