Is my touchscreen better than yours?

Today is a great day for touchscreen smartphone users, at least for some. Ever since last year, if you wanted a top-notch smartphone with a great touchscreen, your best option would have been an iPhone from Apple. Now, it's all about to change, as the T-Mobile G1 will go on sale next Wednesday for US$179 (about $20 less that the cheapest iPhone) with a more generous price-plan that AT&T's for the iPhone.

Many have tried to imitate Apple's success, such as Sprint with its Samsung Instinct phone and BlackBerry and its upcoming Storm, but none of them managed to even get close to the functionality and ease of use the iPhone was offering. The next contender in line is T-Mobile G1, which brings a new user experience on the game table; all possible through Google's own developed mobile operating system, Android.

Now, I'm not going to run you again through G1's features, as it has been perfectly explained in PC World's review and in our previous stories. But I have put together a comprehensive chart for you to compare many of the specifications of the G1, iPhone, and Instinct.

More touchscreens on the way

While with today's news, and all the touchscreen buzz as of recent, it's easy forget even more "iPhone killers" are in the works.

Next in line to be released is the BlackBerry Storm, expected to been released in the U.S. later this year. This Research In Motion (RIM) touchscreen phone will have a better camera (compared to iPhone and G1), a "clickable" touchscreen, and many specs that match Apple's iPhone. The BlackBerry Storm could grab an important share of iPhone's more business-minded users.

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