These are my preliminary thoughts. I obviously was not at the press event today, and I don't have a Nexus One. (But I did load Android 2.1 onto my Droid for a little bit.)
- Seriously? No multi-touch? For a phone whose ONLY input method is the virtual keyboard, this is a make-or-break question! And this would put the Nexus One clearly in the break section. I type so fast on the iPhone that it chokes up. I'd imagine typing at half that speed would break things on the Nexus One.
- For being HTC-built, MicroUSB and 3.5mm headphone jacks are welcome additions.
- The Music app gets a lot less credit than it deserves. Google deep sixed that annoying Music "home" page where you had to tap Songs, Artists, etc. Now you get an artist listing from the outset, with the four primary library buttons AT THE TOP. Kind of like an inverse iPod touch. Sadly, the Now Playing screen got NOTHING at all. What I'd at least like to see is a button that takes you back to Artists, or somesuch. Having to do a Menu > Library gets infuriating.
- Question: Will the unlocked version have CDMA radios? a la BlackBerry Storm? (CDMA + GSM in the same device)
- It does more than an iPhone, and it's thinner. Apple just got told.
- Live wallpapers are just a waste of CPU cycles.
- Flash 10.1? Shoot me. I'd rather not get BLINKING FUCKING ADS while browsing on my phone.
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