Nexus One.....

[DroidFan]

My boyfriend just sent me this link:

Google Nexus One is Droid 2.0 but better it is unlocked

The unlocked version of the Droid??? Hmmmm....

[New2u]

Oh well, to me it's worse then the droid because it looks terrible. It has a snapdragon processor.. welcome to the only thing i've seen only slightly better then the droid.

[Dragoro]

Oh well, to me it's worse then the droid because it looks terrible. It has a snapdragon processor.. welcome to the only thing i've seen only slightly better then the droid.

Yeah i dont care for its appearance either, and even though i dont use it much, no physical keyboard is a killer for me. Learned that lesson in Chicago during the winter and couldnt do nothing with the phone for like an hour till i stood inside long enough for the phone to be warm enough to recognize me touching it. Got rid of the iphone a week after that.

[JonKyu]

Oh well, to me it's worse then the droid because it looks terrible. It has a snapdragon processor.. welcome to the only thing i've seen only slightly better then the droid.

I actually think it looks quite nice, nothing mind-blowing though. Also, I don't get why everyone is so excited for the snapdragon processor. In a post I read it claimed that it's only 5% faster than the one in the droid. Although I have heard it is more battery efficient. And it has an AMOLED display, although the battery savings would better would it look as good as the droid's screen?

[romeov]

I think it's a nice phone and all, but I'm not interested with no physical keyboard. I'm sure it will be great though. I don't like the look of it, thank God I have such a good looking Droi---oh wait.. nevermind on that one :-)

What I do drool over is android 2.1 and the full speech recognition the device has (ie: respond to emails and sms just by speaking) but as we learned with Google Nav.. it will release exclusive to the Nexus, then be released for the rest of us via the market like 2 weeks later :-)

[LordKastle]

If Google continuously wants to push "Google Phones" down the throat of its competitors and betray the carriers and cell companies that push their operating system, do not be surprised if Microsoft completely revamps WinMobile to compete with Apple and leave Android in the dust.

There is a reason why Apple does not license out their OS to use on other cell phones..and why Microsoft never made a "MS Phone."

Kudos to Verizon for stopping the monopoly of Google...this time.

[sixtytwo]

You know, the reasons why I moved to droid are because of its keyboard and the fact that it's not trying to be an iphone.

By that I mean that too many phones out there are trying to conform to the iPhone's form factor of super rounded edges and a lack of a physical keyboard. The Nexus is one of them. It looks like a rebranded HTC Hero, and that's just about as exciting as a fork whipping mashed potatoes.

How many more mutant iPhone lookalikes do we need?

[LordKastle]

Agreed...if Google ever does try to promote it heavily it won't be hard for Apple to simply say, "hey I wonder where you got that idea from." Not only was Google's logic behind coming out with a phone faulted and leaves them extremely vulnerable now going in the future of the Mobile OS wars with cell manufacturers and companies awaiting to see if they backstab them, the decision to have an iPhone rip off was another lapse in judgment.

Remember though people T-Mobile is the only carrier currently that will outwardly support this phone. It may have an unlocked capability for AT&T but it is yet to be seen if they will support it wholeheartedly. I would expect them to due to Apple possibly jumping ship to Verizon at the end of 2010 but who knows. Google is walking a fine line right and is in danger of putting their Android OS in jeopardy.

(Keep in mind it was Google that told the cell manufacturers and companies that they would produce the software [Android OS] and would stay out of the hardware department. Sorry Google but paying a company like HTC to produce a phone for you does not allow for a loophole. That is acting like a weasel.)

[takeshi]

If Google continuously wants to push "Google Phones" down the throat of its competitors and betray the carriers and cell companies that push their operating system, do not be surprised if Microsoft completely revamps WinMobile to compete with Apple and leave Android in the dust.

How exactly would Google be "betraying" carriers? The Nexus One doesn't operate through the ether. It still requires service from carriers and that's where they make their money. I can see arguing that competing with the phone manufacturers probably isn't the best idea.

What makes you think that Microsoft has anything up its sleeves? Is this just all random speculation or can you cite sources?

There is a reason why Apple does not license out their OS to use on other cell phones..and why Microsoft never made a "MS Phone."

How is this germane to Google? Citing both doesn't make any sense to me. Are you arguing that Google should adopt Apple's approach or MS's? They're in complete opposition.

How many more mutant iPhone lookalikes do we need?

We'll get as many as they think they can sell. And as long as people fixate on image...

[LordKastle]

Takeshi...I don't want to rephrase all the articles and posts I have made in this regard. A simple look up of previous posts or go to the actual editorial/news articles referencing this and your solution is upon you. And ask yourself why would Verizon ever turn down a "Google phone" like they did to Apple...Its not like this was not done months in advance before deciding the phone would be a GSM prisoned phone. Also, carriers typically like to be in control of the phone, so when a company like Google wants to sell unlocked phones to be used on other networks, which it doesn't so happen to be actually "UNLOCKED" now does it, then carriers lose control. Control = Power - over the consumer. So it looks as if right now T-Mobile is the main carrier while AT&T should be compatible. We all know how good Android OS's succeeded on T-Mobile right?

Oh and...

-It was stating a fact about the Apple and Microsoft. Apple has created an OS and a phone but does not license out their software and has never wanted to....unlike Google's vision of Android [But now it seems they want the best of both worlds.]

-Microsoft makes an OS and has pushed manufacturers to use it, while not getting in to the hardware industry.

On the other hand Google has tried to release an OS for manufacturers to use so it can become one of the main mobile OS's and now has goals of actually becoming involved in the hardware industry by promoting a phone as theirs.

How does translating facts turn in to me trying to say Google should go one way or the other? Enlighten...or are you simply trying to put words in my mouth.

edit: apparently in an article just cited in a later response the "Google Phone" may be limited to strictly Edge speeds on AT&T...this news means the phone would not be promoted as a legitimate device on the network. It may be imprisoned to T-Mobile, as I state in a later response on the next page.