I've got my fingers crossed that Google offers an unlocked version available on the web.
Even if I have to pay a premium, I'd love to pop in my iPhone's SIM card and give it a go.
Better yet, if there really is built-in VOIP functionality via Google Voice and Gizmo5, the Nexus One could be a game changer.
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> Google doesn’t have much hope of getting millions to pay AT&T $175 for nothing and switch to another 2 year contract at T-mobile. Never mind ending up with expensive iPod Touch.
I just have an AT&T account now, but want to get a Droid or Nexus One, too.
I would like an option to just get data, since I want my second phone as a little computer and not a phone. The Touch is a great device with WiFi, but it's not all that without it.
I receive more emails for the Lake Tahoe vacation rentals company I work for than you care to know about. I first purchased the Storm and it was like the worst purchase I ever made. Then I went back in and the sales gal in South Lake Tahoe and the super nice gal showed me the strom2 and the Droid. I selected the Strom2 based upon the email, text and relative ease of use responding to travelers. There is a night and day difference between the Storm and the Storm 2. And the camera on the phone which is a 3 mega pixel takes some pretty nice photos of our rentals believe it or not.
I just read that for sure they are only releasing the Google phone online. Then folks will have to get their own service provider. I say it's a great move in the right direction. Hopefully will help the Android development market continue to grow and we can get more great apps on it with all the new devices coming out.
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I bought mu android phone in a store in the uk and when i wanted to return it after only 4 days the woman at tmobile support was really nasty to me beause i hadn't bought it online and i wasn't subject to the 30 day termination fee... luckily the store owner was much more agreeable, my advice is go back to source and see what they can do for you.. or buy online that way you have some grace.
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If you're plotting and planning your way through Smartphone waters, trying to get your grubby hands on the latest, hottest phone and mobile OS, you'll need to be very strategic. Either that or willing to drop some dough.
At this point, in order to feed my gadget-habit, I'm carrying two wireless contracts. It's not cheap, but I see it as a business expense so I can stay on top of and write about new tech.
Thankfully, I'm in a position to do so (I own the company and sign the expense reports).
As an iPhone owner who wanted to be the first on the block to try out the Android 2.0 operating system, I had to bite the bullet and sign up for Verizon.
Now the Google Phone (Nexus One) has hit the scene and it looks like they will be a GSM phone launching on T-mobile. Another network. Another contract. Another termination fee.
The good news is that Google's also talking about making an unlocked phone available. (This is huge, more on that below.)
In the US, there are two major cell phone network technologies, GSM and CDMA. The phones that operate on them must support those networks, and generally it is either-or.
Verizon and Sprint have CDMA networks AT&T, Cingular, and T-mobile are on GSM networks.
Beyond that, most phones are "locked" into a single provider. So even if you have a GSM phone, if it is locked, you may only be able to use it on one network. The networks can unlock it for you, but they may only do that after your contract is up, if at all. And what good is an unlocked phone that's two+ years old?
The Google Nexus One will be a GMS phone. So even if I can get an unlocked phone, I will not be able to use it on the Verizon account.
I may, however, be able to use it on my AT&T account by dropping my iPhone's SIM into the Google phone. If this is possible, I bet this is the crux of their strategy for releasing an unlocked phone. Contracts are the big reason people don't switch phones as it is painfully expensive to break contracts and switch providers.
Google doesn't have much hope of getting millions to pay AT&T $175 for nothing and switch to another 2 year contract at T-mobile. Never mind ending up with expensive iPod Touch.
But I can see millions of people picking up an unlocked Google phone to try out with their existing AT&T service. I know I will. Talk about driving a wedge into the iPhone's user base.
If all that happens I'll probably drop the Verizon account and pay through the nose a termination fee for the privilege of owning the Droid phone. The cost of being a hopeless geek.
Got Droid Envy?
If you're already a Verizon customer, and you love the device itself, go for it.
But if you're more keen on the Android OS than the device itself, given the Google announcement, I'd say hold your horses. You likely won't be able to use the new Google phone on Verizon.