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Nexus One Phone

Definitely the best Android phone so far.  It looks great for an HTC phone, has some great tech specs too, but still leaves some lingering questions:

1. Why don’t they support AT&Ts 3G network in the unlocked version?  Is this because the unlocked phone is the exact same as the T-Mobile version and T-Mobile didn’t want the phone to work with AT&T’s 3G network?  How much would it have cost extra for a separate model that would’ve worked with AT&T’s 3G?
2. Besides developers, who is going to want to buy the unlocked version in the US?  If you are on T-Mobile already, it probably makes more sense to just get the subsidized version.  If you’re not, why are you paying over $500 to get a phone that doesn’t do 3G on your network (i.e, AT&T)?
3. Why are they still limiting the internal flash capacity?  Currently you can’t install applications from the Android Market onto the microSD card, so you are very limited with 512MB.  To contrast, my iPhone 3GS currently has 1.9GB of apps installed.  It’s only limited by the total amount of storage on the device.
4. Is this going to be another dead-end Android phone when the next version of the Android OS comes out? So far very little of the Android devices have been upgraded to newest releases.   And there are models coming out that are still using pre 2.x releases.  As a developer, this has got to be the most frustrating part of targeting Android — there is typically no upgrade path for the existing user base.

I’m looking forward to seeing more Android devices over the next few years, if only to keep everyone else on their toes.  I personally can’t wait to see Apple’s next iteration of the iPhone now that Google has raised the bar on the hardware side.