I just got my Nexus 4 at the time of this writing, and I wrote a little eulogy for my faithful T-Mobile G1.

O, G1, you most faithful of my devices! You who have served me from the dusty trails of Wyoming to the freezing streets of St. Petersburg! You who have survived the Northern rain, and twice survived the fall from my pocket to my driveway with only the slightest of scratches! You who taught me to touch-type with my thumbs!

Soon at hand is the day on which I shall finally commit you to your deserved rest, the day when I do not require you to run a version of Android you were never made to run, the day when you will no longer struggle to run Navigation and Music at the same time, or collapse under the strain of loading a webpage with Javascript. Soon, you will no longer labor to switch between my massive text message conversations. Soon, your burden will be lifted, and I will say to you, well done, good and faithful servant.