A tiny version of the T-Mobile Pulse with a 2.8″ QVGA resistive display may not be the most exciting news for the gadget hounds that frequent this site, but it’s interesting to know that it ships with Android 2.1 and doesn’t explode upon the opening of its package. Well, it shouldn’t, anyway. This is just an early demo version:

Could it be possible that Google would be the best candidate to purchase the 20% of T-mobile USA? With Google already making a huge dent in the smart phone world with all of their beloved Android handsets and 33 million Google Voice users in America, Google would seem to be the best choice. As we’ve seen Google does know how to provide amazing social integration with multiple platforms and currently has handsets available to work with all major US carriers wireless bands (rumored that At&t is officially coming later this year) we can only speculate at this time if Google could make the move to be take part in being a wireless provider someday, but it would make sense from an analyst perspective wouldn’t it?

Well apparently Google has made a commitment to fix everything that’s wrong with the Nexus One.  The latest evidence of this is that they’ve dropped the 350$ ETF (Early Termination Fee) by 200 bucks, bring it down to 150$. However, you still have to pay T-Mobile a 200 dollars fee if you cancel your contract early. At least now it’s on par with the others ETF; 350$ is still ridiculous, but a 550 bucks fee was downright abusive.

While I’m not sure the “v. 1.2″ name will stick, it looks like TMoNews was right on the money with an earlier leak about the phone’s existence. This new image from T-Mo’s internal system (which is difficult to read even at full size) confirms that David and friends even had the date right. Now that the LE is sold out and the shelf life of the original myTouch is drawing to a close, it looks like at least the black and white models will be replaced by the new device, which sports a 3.5 mm audio jack. It probably won’t last long though.

Steps to root your G1 and install your first custom ROM (at your own risk).

Introduction

I need to say that though this process has been done 1000’s of times, there is always a chance of bricking your phone rendering it useless. With that said read everything and watch the videos several times before attempting this. When you are ready go ahead and download all the files ahead of time so you have them on hand to speed up the process. With that said, let’s begin. Text instructions follow the video below, which is the first of two.