Google Nexus One Hands-On, Video, and Impressions

wkurzius writes "Engadget has gotten their hands on a Nexus One and have put their first impressions up for the world to see, including whether or not they think it's the 'be-all-end-all Android phone / iPhone eviscerator.' Their opinion? 'Not really.'"

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Twice as many, 10x harder to develop for

[SuperKendall]

In Q3 2009 Nokia sold 16.16 million smart phones

That's awesome!

How many of those are Maemo? A tiny fraction you say?

So developing apps, should I target the old and comparatively hard to program (compared to the iPhone and Android and heck even the Pre) Symbian, or give a go to Maemo development even though it's totally new, has nowhere near the marketshare, and is also harder to develop for (needing to use C++ and all with special semantics layered atop)?

If you were interested in personal or commercial development on these things, the choices really come down to Android and iPhone, because they are really the only comprehensive mobile development platforms around and have tons of support. It's just too late for another Linux Mobile OS to come out, even if you are Nokia...

Re:Ok..

[SuperKendall]

2 year cost comes to $1,226. Iphone 3G two year cost is $1,975. Pretty substantial savings.

Sure but per-month that's only about $32/month savings, and relying on VOIP is kind of rickety for a primary phone. Now purely as a data device, perhaps...