The Google Nexus One is now available with 3G support for AT&T in America and Rogers in Canada. This opens up Google’s Android 2.1 champion to millions of customers in North America. With a CDMA version passed by the FCC and rumored to be heading to Verizon as early as next week, the Nexus One will finally be in a position to do some damage (real marketing would help too!).
I know that some of you are on AT&T and a few of you are anti-iPhone. Are you interested in the latest version of the Nexus One?
I would love to have the Nexus One. I have been waiting on ANYONE to put out a new phone so I could get it. I was looking at the Backflip but only briefly because of all the drawbacks.
I am still considering getting the next iPhone (mostly because they have put all of our stuff for nursing school on iTunes). I will probably wait to see if any of the iPhone 4G rumors hold true to decide.
@AT&T
I was angry with them this morning because 3G calling was down again. But it is fixed again also. I called customer service irate as heck and yelled for a while. The credited my account 1 months bill on my line ($80ish). So I am satisfied with them again…..for now.
I wonder if this one will be as crippled at the Moto offering?
@Smartguy
I don't think they are allowed to get rid of the Google stuff on a Google branded phone. Also this one is bought directly from Google. I am sure if AT&T offered it they would cripple it.
@Slicky
Yeah being a flagship product, though made by HTC, probably affords it some protections from ATT suits.
Don't you think it is pretty messed up that even if you bought the Flip outright it is an android device locked down like that? (i also played with a demo model and think it is flimsy)
@Smartguy It won't be crippled.
@Ray
That's good news. When does flash support come out for Nexus One?
edit to last post: err. addendum..
i plan on getting a new device or a new service and device this summer once the new iphone details emerge. I only buy phones w/o a contract so the price doesn't deter me. Competitors in order as of right now:
1. N900 (Tmobile)
2. Nexus One (ATT or Tmobile)
3. Iphone 4.0 (could potentially jump to number 1if significantly improved)
I still have to see it in action and in my hands. (that’s what she said)
I tried “using” it on their site and it’s not the same.
I want WinMo 7 to be good but currently it won't be my next phone. Android is looking good and (like SmartGuy) I am waiting to see how the new iPhone will be. I wish Blackberry would pull something exciting out of the arse.
@SlickyFats Windows Phone 7 looks pretty interesting. I'm curious to see how it will do. BlackBerry has an interesting product coming out; it's a slider phone (think Palm Pre) that's rumored to be going to Sprint. The company should finally have a good browser available this summer too.
@Rpad
I saw the "leaked" BB slider photos (looks just like the Pre), but I think they need to improve on the UI also and not just a different style phone. Although I do wish my BB Bold 9000 had their new track pad rather than the glowing ball. The Bold 9700 is too small though.
I have always kinda liked WinMo but the lock ups with every WinMo phone I have owned is the biggest drawback. That is what ultimately drove me to my BB. But I have hope for 7.
@SlickyFats Completely agreed. The UI seems like caveman crap compared to Android, iPhone, and WebOS. For my "phone" phone, I'm still digging my 8900. The keyboard is fantastic, the battery life rules, the call quality is brilliant, and the UMA feature is incredibly valuable when I travel internationally.
As much as I love BB keyboards, a lot of my friends are high on Swype on touchscreens. They say the speed is awesome once you learn the system.
@Rpad
Hmmm. I just looked up Swype. It sounds cool enough and seems like it would work, I would just have to use it myself to see how well I could use it. I never did learn to type properly (instead of a keyboarding class I took newspaper and tried doing Typing Tutor but the repetition hurt my forearms) but I am a very fast 2-4 finger typer. I kinda know where keys are but not exactly. I can type 50ish words a minute though. I don’t think Swype would work well if I was having to stop and look for my next key. Also all of the videos I watched with Swype looked like the people had practiced it because I don’t know if I could think as fast they were Swypeing. I am super fast with my BB keyboard and since the Bold 9000 is the biggest BB I’ve seen, I have a pretty spacious keyboard. Every phone I have looked into for my next must have a physical keyboard or be a very very good touch screen.
@SlickyFats I definitely prefer physical keyboards, but I haven’t found one that I liked that wasn’t made by RIM. I hated the Pre’s, was totally meh on Droid’s, and was okay with the N900’s. I’ll give Swype a try to see if it’s an acceptable alternative to a physical keyboard.