Google Giving Up Direct Sales of the Nexus One Discussion

[Ed Hardy]

Google is giving up using its web site to sell the Nexus One directly to the public. Instead, the company is going to use its site to showcase all the smartphones running the Android OS.

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[Hook]

I already have the cradle and spare battery. Guess I'd better grab the car mount this week or who knows if I will be able to find it.

[Magellan]

Maybe finally I can get this for a subsidized price and keep my family plan.

[Hook]

Maybe finally I can get this for a subsidized price and keep my family plan.

It was/is already subsidized on T-Mobile ($179). Is there some technicality that prevents you from using it on your Family Plan?

[Ed Hardy]

It was/is already subsidized on T-Mobile ($179). Is there some technicality that prevents you from using it on your Family Plan?

Not exactly a technicality: Google offers this device to T-Mobile subscribers for $180 only with the Even More individual 500 Plan. Families and businesses have to pay the full $530.
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[Hook]

Carriers!

Unfortunately, I was afraid Google couldn't succeed in the US Market, but I am so happy I can go a couple of more years without dealing with the carriers. For that, I am grateful to Google.

[Drillbit]

Well today, my local Docomo Pacific carrier now has the Nexus One under its glass display cabinet next to some Blackberries.

[tbessie]

Do you think it's worth it to grab up the AT&T model now? Or do you suspect models with as good specs will soon be available all over the place that work on the AT&T network?

- Tim

[Hook]

Depends on how much you don't want an AT&T Rom. If you are planning on having a contract with AT&T, it is looking like they willl have good spec android devices in the future-- they may even have the Nexus one. The are also supposed to get the Dell with the 5" screen. I'd just wait.

If you want an unlocked unbranded phone to use on AT&T (that's what I do-- my Nexus One is a gophone), then you probably should grab it.

[tbessie]

Depends on how much you don't want an AT&T Rom. If you are planning on having a contract with AT&T, it is looking like they willl have good spec android devices in the future-- they may even have the Nexus one. The are also supposed to get the Dell with the 5" screen. I'd just wait.

If you want an unlocked unbranded phone to use on AT&T (that's what I do-- my Nexus One is a gophone), then you probably should grab it.

Yeah, I prefer unlocked, unbranded phones. My current phone is a Nokia N85, which is fine, but has its limitations. As mentioned before, I also have my Palm TX. It'd be nice to have a single device, and perhaps hope that third party local-sync options will be beefed up over time.

I prefer a GSM phone, in general, just on principle, which is why I've stuck with AT&T. I don't think I have a contract with them anymore, and don't care to get one. And I think their coverage is better than T-Mobile's, from what I recall. Just easier to stick with them for now.

- Tim