Recently, Google came out with a new way of marketing their Android cell phone OS. They began selling their own branded phone called the Nexus One. They had it made by HTC and as of right now the only carrier that will give it service is T-mobile.
Thing is I really want one. The iPhone was always going to be my next phone until this thing cam along. I knew Android was cool, but this cool! I mean its customizable! What phone really isn’t? The iPhone. In fact, I don’t really know why I haven’t seen the trap before. The trap is to get you to buy Apple, simply put. You get locked-in to buying stuff only from Apple.
The Nexus One also has sweet apps from Google for Google services I already use. I have an iPod touch and most of the apps on there are sweet but you know what I use to sync them to stuff on Google? Google Sync over Wi-fi. I had to do that because Apple doesn’t let you easily sync with Google’s services otherwise.
Oh and my final thought on this is that open source software of any kind is a preference of mine. That includes OSes. Now I don’t use an open source OS on my computer (stupid Windows XP), but I might someday dual boot.
Well I shall see if the Nexus One or another Android phone is in my future. I’ll make a decision in the coming weeks if not months. Here is to hoping…But the bigger sticker is…how is the T-mobile service in the Grand Rapids, MI area because thats where I need to use it most?
