Google's Nexus One Phone Launches

The press conference at the Googleplex is over and Google's Nexus One phone has launched (official Google blog announcement). The NY Times confirms the bare details: manufactured by HTC; $529 unlocked, $179 with 2-year T-Mobile contract; coming to Verizon in the US, and Vodaphone in Europe, in "Spring 2010." The Times notes one desirable feature: "[Google] has also voice-enabled all text boxes in the device, so a user can speak into the device to, for instance, compose an e-mail, rather than type the text of the email." Walt Mossberg points out one limitation: "On the Nexus One, only 190 megabytes of its total 4.5 gigabytes of memory is allowed for storing apps. On the $199 iPhone, nearly all of the 16 gigabytes of memory can be used for apps." No answers yet to the obvious questions: can it tether on T-Mobile? Will it allow VoIP?

Comments

VOIP

[Wonko the Sane]

Since T-Mobile already allows VOIP without any problems on their existing phones and data plans, and since the Android app store has at least two good SIP applications why would there be any question if VOIP is allowed or not?

Re:So what's the difference?

[Vanden]

The most significant ones to me are:
TTS
1GHz Snapdragon processor
Android 2.1
5MP camera

Re:Mossberg is an Apple fanboi, valid point though

[TooMuchToDo]

For now Android is a toy while the iphone is well ahead as a tool to get work done

A toy that lets us develop our own datacenter management tools and deploy them to our employees without having to suck Apple's App Store dick.

that is the question.

[hjf]

Will it blend?