Two days ago I said I had ordered a Nexus One. I got it yesterday thanks to free Fedex overnight shipping! Now I must say it started off as a disappointment. When I got the phone I couldn’t start using it right away like the iPhone I had to plug it in and wait for some light to turn green, which was annoying. Then once I turned it on I wasn’t really amazed. The touch screen isn’t quite as good as the iPhone or the Palm Pre, and the OS doesn’t seem as “finished” as Web OS or iPhone’s brand of OS X.

But once I started looking into things I saw that this phone is truly superior. The best part of the phone is that it is fully integrated with google voice. I can choose to make any call using Google voice and it is just like using my normal phone, the next thing is that I just downloaded a tethering app and it works! haha and I didn’t have to jailbreak the phone or other such stupidity. Finally this OS is made for the more tech savvy people such as myself, no hardcore Apple controls on how and when I can do things. And if I want an application that isn’t available on the market I can learn how to make it and just install it on my phone! Sheez that is great.

So yeah the phones touch screen isn’t super amazing, and the OS isn’t as “finished” as Web OS or iPhone OSX but the capabilities are great. To sum up this blog post I am going to make a list:

Likes:

• Google voice
• No Apple or AT&T stringent controls over the market
• More interesting OS
• Micro SD card that is accessible on PC as USB mass storage!
• can increase the size of my storage without buying a new phone!
• removable battery

Whatevers:

• Touch screen is not great as the iPhone (still very good though, it’s not like the Samsung Omnia)
• OS not as “finished”
• Those buttons at the bottom can be hard to press

That’s all folks I’ll catch you on the flip side! Peace!

I finally have a reason to bring this blog back from the dead.

Today Google announced a version of the Nexus One that works on AT&T’s 3 G frequency. I would have a Nexus One long ago but I did not like the prospect of being stuck on edge all the time. oddly enough I heard this from a guy I was sitting next to in my business law class. This is not an excuse but I was happily waiting for the Dell mini 3i to come out on AT&T to switch phones so I wasn’t really paying attention to the smart phone landscape.

Anyways as soon as I heard the good news I immediately went to http://www.google.com/phone and bought one for 529 dollars plus tax. I am desperate to get away from my iPhone so I was willing to bite the bullet and get the Nexus one. In the battle for cell phone supremacy in the mind of the Ranting Jamaican it seems that Google is currently in the lead. We shall see if Google’s Nexus one can defeat the iPhone, I hope it does because I am getting REALLY tired of this iPhone thing.

That’s all for now folks. I’ll post more on this thing once I get it, it should be soon since Google seemingly gives everyone free Fedex overnight shipping.