Not the article I needed to see the moment I finished ordering my G1 but the bad keyboard review makes me feel slightly better. Nevertheless, go Android!
Considering that, IIRC, the G2 will only be available over seas in Europe, I don't see how you should be feeling bad at all. Not to mention that the G1's sliding keyboard is really nice to use, far better than any on-screen keyboard you could possibly get, and will never take up your screen space to boot. And to top it off, the G1 should be receiving the updates from the Cupcake branch anyways, meaning that with the G1, not only will you have the bigger screen and better keyboard, but you'll have all the saftware benefits of the G2.
What is overseas for you might not be overseas for me :)
I am glad to hear the other points though. I did not know that it had a smaller screen.
Indeed, the full qwerty hardware keyboard was really a dealmaker for me with the G1. I like tactile feedback on pressing a key, and having all the screen while using the keyboard is nice. I was a little worried about the G1's "chin" at first, but it turns out to be easy to two-thumb type with it anyway. I'm almost certainly not going to trade in my G1 for a device that has only a software keyboard.