Nexus One... why not?

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Let me start with my biggest question to all the reviewers out there... Are you currently an iPhone user or iPhone evangelist? In that case, I don’t think you’ll judge the “gphone” objectively. I would also like all the big IT-sites to tell me what type of equipment they use in their “day-to-day” work. Are you an apple OSX user, the iPhone is more your thing… are you a linux/opensource person your taste of mobiles will be different. I am currently a big Nokia-fan. I have had other mobiles, and I have been keen on getting an iPhone, but the “THE” factor hasn’t been there for me to replace my current mobile-setup (Nokia N82 for work, and Nokia E75 for leisure time). Both my mobiles can receive work mail (not that I always use that functionality), both mobiles can receive and send MMS; both mobiles have Wi-Fi and good/relative good cameras.

As a part of my mobile-setup is some important software (Symbian based) that forwards SMS received to the mobile that isn’t my “primary” phone. When at work my private mobile can stay in my jacket, and at home my work phone can stay together with my computer. I can with a web-solution I have developed myself read the SMS received online – making the “two mobile setup” even easier.

All the iPhone lovers are probably not the target for Google with their Nexus One. People finding the iPhone the “killer” phone are all happy. They will only replace it with Google’s if they think the “it” factor is bigger with the Nexus – and I am not sure it will be. I think the Nexus will be more powerful, more for the professional IT user and more for the geek. So who is the target? The target is the smart (or not so smart) Smart-phone users. The current users of Symbian (or Symbian-ish) based mobiles. Nokia is probably not happy about this new competitor. Microsoft will probably don’t like that their former Microsoft friendly partner HTC is now producing the Nexus One for Google – making the two biggest “enemies” of the Google Mobile project Nokia and Microsoft.


So why would I like to test the Nexus One? Because I think Google has waited until they had a product that was really ready for the market. A mobile truly created and produced to enhance the mobile experience – not reinvent the concept of the phone.And I love that they didn't name it the gPhone! :-)