Google has entered the smartphone market with a sleek new phone called Nexus One. Google is selling the phone without a service (so you can use it with your own SIM card) on its website at google.com/phone for $529. You can also get the phone with a two year T-Mobile contract for $179. Google's website also says Verizon and Vodaphone plans will be available in Spring 2010. Here is a list of some of Nexus One's features.
Google enterting the smartphone world and competing head to head with Apple, Palm and other manufacturers is a significant move. As you might expect there is a great deal of discussion about Nexus One in the technology blogs and magazines. Walter Mossberg says the Nexus One is a bold new face in super-smartphones. He says the phone contains a better version of Android. David Pogue thinks Nexus One is not revolutionary. TechCrunch's review points out that Google Voice is deeply integrated into Nexus One. You can find some more articles here, here, here, here, here and here.
