Right after T-Mobile disclosed the first official details about the first Android-powered device, the comparisons between Google’s G1 and Apple’s iPhone has started pouring in. AppleInsider has even published an extensive analysis, comparing the two devices. Therefore, if you wanted to know which of the two devices is better, you should check this analysis.  On the other hand, there is a small problem with this kind of analysis.

Google’s G1 is not just another smartphone, which aims to compete with the already-iconic iPhone. Google’s goal is not to launch just one or a dozen devices, but to create an alternative to the current mobile operating systems like Symbian or Windows Mobile.

And that’s why it would be more accurate to compare Google’s G1 with smartphone from Nokia or Windows Mobile partners.

Indeed, for the moment, iPhone is the most popular smartphone, so running a comparison between G1 and Apple’s device is legitimate, but let’s not forget that starting next year, there will be other devices powered by Android. Maybe, from the technical point of view, Google’s G1 is inferior to the iPhone, but also let’s not forget that we are comparing a newly-launched device with a phone which is already one-year old.

Maybe Google’s G1 is not as “sexy” or “cool” as the iPhone (although I personally have never understood what can be “sexy” about a piece of electronic), but what it matters is if G1 will make other mobile phone makers adopt Google’s OS.

In fact, those who should start worry about Google’s G1 are Microsoft and Nokia. Unlike Apple, who has created a smartphone, Google’s intention is not to be just another phone maker, but instead it aims to develop and control a mobile platform.

It seems like Google is playing the same game as Microsoft did in the early ‘80s: instead of creating another computer, why not develop a software that will be able to run on all computers. And, look how this played out for Microsoft.

So, there is nothing wrong with comparing G1 and iPhone, but keep in mind that we are not dealing with just another phone.