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Discussion in 'Android' started by n99hockey, Nov 18, 2009.

  1. n99hockey Moderator

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    intriguing...:dft010:big_smile

    via Android Central
    n99hockey, Nov 18, 2009
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  2. n99hockey Moderator

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    and the mystery continues!

    click the link below to read on
    via Android Central
    n99hockey, Nov 18, 2009
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  3. n99hockey Moderator

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    some more info...

    via BGR
    n99hockey, Nov 30, 2009
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  4. n99hockey Moderator

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    aaaaaaaaaaaaand more...
    anyone think they would be interested in one if it came out?

    via AndroidCentral
    n99hockey, Dec 1, 2009
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    I really don't think it's ever going to happen... just like you will never see a Microsoft made phone...
    ninjaap, Dec 2, 2009
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  6. n99hockey Moderator

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    perhaps not, but its an interesting concept
    an all data phone...

    kind of useless with out a wifi hotspot everywhere or some sort of built in broadband
    n99hockey, Dec 2, 2009
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    glsda, Dec 13, 2009
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  8. n99hockey Moderator

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    n99hockey, Dec 13, 2009
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  9. ninjaap New Member

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    How is the Nexusone a Google made phone if it was made by HTC?
    ninjaap, Dec 13, 2009
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  10. n99hockey Moderator

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    the hardware is by HTC but everything else is by Google even how you buy it, so it wont be available at AT&T but will be able to be used by them since it appears to be a GSM device
    n99hockey, Dec 13, 2009
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  11. ninjaap New Member

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    So it's an unlocked un-bloated phone that can be sold on any GSM carrier... this is how they have been selling phones in europe and asia for years. Is this concept really new to us here in the states that we think it's the phone that will overthrow all other phone?
    ninjaap, Dec 13, 2009
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  12. n99hockey Moderator

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    that is true yes
    but that really hasnt been done here in the US

    i mean sure you can buy a gsm phone and use it on any gsm network but what percentage of people actually do that vs buying a carrier subsidized phone?
    n99hockey, Dec 13, 2009
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    so knowing that... how well do you think this will sell? is selling through google only, unsubsidized really a good idea then? i just don't get what's all the hoopla about? to me it just looks like another typical HTC device. distribution is limited and will most likely be sold at full price. besides the bloatware and the keyboard, how is this different from the droid? will it have firmware that will never be released to the other makers?
    ninjaap, Dec 14, 2009
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    honestly cant say that yet...
    although i can say that it passed through the FCC with T-Mobile GSM Band
    via Android Central
    n99hockey, Dec 14, 2009
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  15. chris Administrator

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    The original T-Mobile G1 was a Google Phone and HTC made that phone.
    chris, Dec 14, 2009
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  16. ninjaap New Member

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    That's what I'm trying to get at, chris. Everyone seems to think (or wants to think) this is a google made phone, when its not. It's supposed to be a game changer. It's just another HTC phone without the bloat.
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    I agree. It's more of a marketing exercise than a game changer. It's Droid Eris, with better specs and Android 2.1.

    If you're planning to release a killer phone, you don't get on board with T-Mobile.
    chris, Dec 14, 2009
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  18. n99hockey Moderator

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    i agree
    how disappointing is that..
    n99hockey, Dec 14, 2009
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  19. ninjaap New Member

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    true that...
    ninjaap, Dec 14, 2009
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