once the nexus one is out, i need someone with fat fingers to tell me how the keyboard is with the higher resolution screen and all - that'd be the only thing stopping me from getting one.

1/4/2010 10:49:37 AM

i will be getting one the second its available and i have large fingers

1/4/2010 11:14:04 AM

Anyone know what time the nexus one is being announced? Im hoping they are available for purchase immediately.

1/5/2010 8:23:39 AM

The press conference and presentation runs from 10 to 11 based on the invite that was sent out.

1/5/2010 8:34:48 AM

found it, 10 am PST

1/5/2010 9:31:34 AM

ha didn't even notice the PST. Guess that's why android central has the little reminder set for 1.

1/5/2010 9:34:56 AM

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/nexus-one-review/

yeesh. engadget pretty much tore the nexus one apart in their full review.

Quote :

"Industry politics aside, though, the Nexus One is at its core just another Android smartphone. It's a particularly good one, don't get us wrong -- certainly up there with the best of its breed -- but it's not in any way the Earth-shattering, paradigm-skewing device the media and community cheerleaders have built it up to be. It's a good Android phone, but not the last word -- in fact, if we had to choose between this phone or the Droid right now, we would lean towards the latter"

1/5/2010 10:45:17 AM

oh damn. http://www.google.com/phone is live and apparently verizon will be getting it this spring.

Quote :

"The Nexus One Phone with Verizon Wireless service. Coming soon in the United States."

[Edited on January 5, 2010 at 1:48 PM. Reason : ]

1/5/2010 1:44:59 PM

529 is pretty steep. imo

1/5/2010 1:54:15 PM

not really. that's about on par with full retail of the other phones. The Motorola Droid is $559.

1/5/2010 1:59:59 PM

Additionally, the Nexus One is incompatible with CDMA networks such as Verizon and Sprint.


Well Im out

1/5/2010 2:10:16 PM

^how did you miss 4 posts above you and the damn website?

[Edited on January 5, 2010 at 2:13 PM. Reason : /]

1/5/2010 2:12:37 PM

I have sprint, no need to be a dick. FOR NOW, you cannot get it on any CDMA network. Yes, Verizon is coming SPRING 2010, but will you be able to use that CDMA phone on the sprint network?

1/5/2010 2:19:07 PM

if you area already on an even more plan your only option is paying full price for the phone, just a fyi

1/5/2010 2:23:43 PM

Quote :

"but will you be able to use that CDMA phone on the sprint network"

not unless you know someone high up at sprint that will enter your ESN into their database.

1/5/2010 2:30:12 PM

^thanks.

1/5/2010 2:31:19 PM

haha tmobile is such a cluster-fuck right now, none of their reps have any idea whats going on

1/5/2010 2:40:25 PM

Quote :

"in fact, if we had to choose between this phone or the Droid right now, we would lean towards the latter""

thank god, i thought i was going crazy not understanding the big deal about the NXS1, i'm just as big a google fanboy as they come but it's just an HTC phone with Android and multitouch. Nothing the droid can't do when it gets 2.1 (nothing ANY phone can't do when it gets 2.1, assuming it's multitouch capable)

now if you had a G1 or MyTouch, i would understand your excitement to get a new phone but as a new droid owner i just have to go "meh, so i'm losing out on some horsepower, not functionality"

1/5/2010 3:11:51 PM

scratch that, didnt even realize it doesn't have multitouch

1/5/2010 3:29:29 PM

i don't know if its google's fault or t-mobile, but its next to impossible to get the in-contract price for the phone. i've only changed service providers 2 times in the past 9 years, i had no problem with a contract but it looks like even if you are eligible for an upgrade you basically have to terminate your line and get a new phone number if you want the $180 contract price.

the t-mobile rep i talked to said that they heard from their business manager that people who are eligible for an upgrade are still paying $279 or $379. then they said that even though i changed my plan to the plan that they recommended after explaining my intention to upgrade to the nexus one only a week ago, my new plan made me ineligible for an upgrade.

t-mobile had great customer service for me in the past, but in this case their reps were caught entirely uninformed and unable to help. t-mobile dropped the ball here, none of them know whats going on at all.

1/5/2010 3:33:21 PM

yeah no way i'm switching to shitty t-mobile for that phone. OVERHYPED, UNDER-DELIVERED. FAILURE.

1/5/2010 3:40:40 PM

like your mom?

oooh burn

1/5/2010 4:15:25 PM

so what phone should I get next... I should be able to switch carriers this July... I'm not a fan of Verizon, though they seem to have the best coverage... can't go to T-mobile because they don't have service anywhere.

1/5/2010 4:23:37 PM

I've been a huge fan of Sprint. I switched from AT&T and really like it.

Since this Nexus1 isn't coming to Sprint, I'd be willing to bet that HTC has something up their sleeve for Sprint.

1/5/2010 4:45:40 PM

i played with my friend's nexus one over new years for a bit. i thought it was pretty awesome. he was loving it too, but i guess he was really only comparing it to the G1 and Hero, not the droid (he works for google so those phones were given out). i'm sticking it out on AT&T, which sucks here in CA, because my wife is an iphone user.... but I might part ways for verizon and either the droid or nexus one. i think my contract is over as of like yesterday....

1/5/2010 4:49:07 PM

Quote :

"Its voice recognition tool now offers speech-to-text conversion for any type of text field, such as Gmail emails"

why the hell can't the iPhone do this?

1/5/2010 4:57:01 PM

i knew it worked for gps, didnt know you could do it in gmail

1/5/2010 6:23:02 PM

http://www.youtube.com/googlenexusone


http://www.androidcentral.com/what-nexus-one-really-costs

Quote :

"What the Nexus One really costs Posted on Tuesday, Jan 5, 2010 by Phil Nickinson So how much is the Nexus One really going to cost you? If you're buying unlocked, it's a simple $530. If you're a current T-Mobile customer, it gets a little cloudy. Here's the official breakdown: Nexus One with new, 2-year T-Mobile US service plan for new customers: $179 Nexus One with new, 2-year T-Mobile US service plan for qualifying existing T-Mobile customers who are adding data plans: $279 Nexus One with new, 2-year T-Mobile US service plan for qualifying existing T-Mobile customers who are upgrading their data plans: $379 Not quite so cut and dry, huh? (Thanks, Pneumatic) Still not crazy about an unsubsidized phone, though? Below is an interesting 24-month breakdown between the Nexus One with the T-Mobile plan that comes along with a subsidized phone. Here you plainly see that if you buy an unlocked phone and go with a T-Mobile data-only plan (39.99/month), unlimited Skype calls to mobiles and landlines ($2.95/month) and a SkypeIn number ($30/year), you still come out ahead over the two years. In fact, you're ahead of the game in Month 11. Read the full findings at nosugrefneb (via Lifehacker) "

[Edited on January 5, 2010 at 6:44 PM. Reason : ]

1/5/2010 6:34:00 PM

i don't think i could rely on only having skype for voice calls until data coverage is better. almost daily i'm in some remote part of the county for work with only gprs data.

1/5/2010 7:28:18 PM

^^^^ the voice control may be one of the top features they copy. there are already 3rd party text to speech apps. If they do one on their own, I bet people whine and complain about being anti-developers.

1/5/2010 9:08:21 PM

T-mobile gets the Nexus One AND the HTC HD2?!? I'm so disappointed. T-mobile has such bad coverage....

1/6/2010 10:23:23 PM

I'd actually consider switching to Verizon if it got Nexus one and gave it to me for free.


lolol. No I wouldn't.

1/7/2010 11:32:39 AM

their coverage isn't that bad.. i mean, unless you're in bum fuck on a regular basis i doubt it'd be a problem

1/7/2010 11:51:57 AM

No 3g in wilmington = fail (which at&t didn't get 3g there til end of 09). Also pretty much no coverage if you take 421 to wilmington.

1/7/2010 11:56:12 AM

1/7/2010 11:57:31 AM

droid getting flash 10.1 in case anyone cared

1/7/2010 12:09:04 PM

so...if you don't have a contract, who's signals are you leeching from when you make a call/surf the web?

[/n00b]

1/7/2010 2:43:00 PM

^what?

contracts have nothing to do with the service... the contract is a piece of paper you sign, saying you'll pay them ungodly amounts of money for 2 years... if you have a verizon phone you get verizon signals...

1/7/2010 2:48:17 PM

so you are still writing a monthly check of $80 to verizon to use the unlimited service, but you can basically quit whenever you want and switch to a different carrier (if your phone uses the same type of data service as the other carrier)?

[Edited on January 7, 2010 at 3:40 PM. Reason : .]

1/7/2010 3:39:05 PM

yeh, as long as the phone type (CDMA/GSM) matches the carrier and they get your ESN you can use any phone with any carrier (assuming the type matches) and you get their service.

^yeh

[Edited on January 7, 2010 at 3:41 PM. Reason : .]

1/7/2010 3:41:04 PM

yeah, the contract is nothing more than a 1 to 2 yr agreement saying that you'll pay out your ass if you leave since you got the phone at a subsidized price. If you didn't buy the phone from verizon, at&t, etc, you can just activate it, pay month to month, and leave at anytime. It's easier to switch carriers with GSM since all you do is pop in your sim card and go but cdma (sprint/verizon) require the phones esn to be in their database so unless you know someone high up, it's not gonna happen.

On a side note, just bit the bullet and got the Droid/Droid Eris BOGO. Definitely a MAJOR improvement over the failberry I had. And swype on the droid is pretty damn great.

1/7/2010 3:59:03 PM

^didn't know that the companies with CDMA were like that... was Alltel like that? I swear that I bought a used BB that was on Verizon but used it with Alltel (long before the hostile takeover)

1/7/2010 4:08:11 PM

I'm with Sprint and I'm trying to decide between the HTC Hero and the Samsung Moment. Went to the store today and messed around with both of them and I still don't know. I prefer the keyboard of the Moment but the overall size, shape, and feel of the Hero. Any input?

1/7/2010 7:08:26 PM

I have the Moment, the only reason I got it over the Hero was because of the larger size and the physical keyboard. It is much easier to type with long-term than the virtual one IMO. The Hero does have the slick UI upgrades, but the base Android UI is fine by me

1/7/2010 11:43:55 PM

Think it's probably just personal preference. The Moment has the best physical keyboard of the 2nd gen droids and the Hero has a better form factor and the SenseUI eye candy. Both should get 2.x so it's just a matter of whether or not you want a physical keyboard.

And these touch sensitive buttons are a pain in the ass. If I look at that search button wrong, it will pop up.

[Edited on January 8, 2010 at 10:10 AM. Reason : ]

1/8/2010 9:44:58 AM

when will these nexas ones be in the store?

1/8/2010 10:22:07 AM

From my understanding, it won't. It'll only be sold by google at least for a while anyways.

1/8/2010 10:23:41 AM

For those that have the Droid Eris, the 2nd maintenance update is out. It can be found here..
http://www.pcdphones.com/phone_downloads.aspx?bid=126&cid=1&mid=353&carrier=Verizon Wireless

This one is suppose to released from HTC later this month. If you want to get it now, just go to the link and download it via usb cable. If you want to wait til the official release from HTC, that go ahead. I think its suppose to be out either the 16th or the 22nd.

1/8/2010 4:32:08 PM

Quote :

"Verizon Wireless mandating data plans for all 3G devices? by Boy Genius on January 11th, 2010 at 2:03pm Filed under: Whisper 29 Comments We’ve been told that Verizon Wireless will be switching around some of their 3G data plans for handsets starting January 18th. Supposedly, all 3G-capable phones, Rev 0. and Rev A. will now require a minimum $9.99 data plan which includes 25MB (and also includes mobile email). The 75MB plan is reportedly going away to be replaced with a $29.99 unlimited option (including mobile email). The only exception to the rule are the PTT phones."

looks like verizon is trying to push everyone into getting a smartphone.

1/11/2010 2:55:30 PM

aren't most devices that are 3G-compatible... smart phones anyhow?

[Edited on January 11, 2010 at 3:00 PM. Reason : ?]

1/11/2010 2:58:46 PM