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Google pulls plug on Nexus One

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Re: Google pulls plug on Nexus One

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Post by gonehome »

cookiecaper wrote: post #24

Personally I don't think that Google tried very hard. I hardly ever watch TV, but I've seen TV commercials for Droid. I didn't see any for Nexus One. I upgraded from a dumb phone recently and wanted to buy a Nexus One, but T-Mobile lady told me Google required a much more expensive plan, that the buy-one-get-one free sale wasn't applicable, and that there were all other kinds of undesirable things about it. It also c…

Tmobile requires a more expensive plan to recover the cost of allowing you to buy the phone subsidized. If you buy it unlocked over two years (and you're not a family plan) you save around $600 compared to buying it on contract.

Re: Google pulls plug on Nexus One

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Post by vetinari »

veeti wrote: post #17
YooLi wrote: post #2

With the Nexus one going away, is there any other Android phone that doesn't need to be rooted to install vanilla android and updates?

Well, the original Motorola Droid/Milestone might still be an option.

Milestone was never an option. It is not just GSM version of Droid, it is also pretty much locked down. While it was rooted, there is still no way to put custom firmware on it. Pretty much like Droid X.

Re: Google pulls plug on Nexus One

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Post by marze »

cookiecaper wrote: post #24

Personally I don't think that Google tried very hard. I hardly ever watch TV, but I've seen TV commercials for Droid. I didn't see any for Nexus One. I upgraded from a dumb phone recently and wanted to buy a Nexus One, but T-Mobile lady told me Google required a much more expensive plan, that the buy-one-get-one free sale wasn't applicable, and that there were all other kinds of undesirable things about it. It also c…

Maybe they did try hard, maybe Apple just made the nearly impossible look easy.

Re: Google pulls plug on Nexus One

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Post by rwl »

technomancy wrote: post #21
eli wrote: post #10

I blame Google for letting people build the Nexus One up so much (remember the crazy pre-launch rumors about how it was going to change the world?) It's not that Americans are stupid and the rest of the world is smart. The problem is that you typically pay the same monthly service fee whether you take a subsidized phone or not. To go buy your own phone at full retail price is leaving hundreds of dollars on the table.…

> The problem is that you typically pay the same monthly service fee whether you take a subsidized phone or not. Yeah, T-mobile is really great about this. I'm saving over a thousand dollars over the life of the phone by getting a data-only plan.

I'm curious: do you have a data-only plan so you can use VoIP to make phone calls?

I have been trying to find a device that would make it easy to make VoIP calls most of the time, since I am nearly always around free (or already-paid for) wireless broadband, but fall back on a prepaid SIM card when I only have cell network coverage. Some of the Android devices look promising for this, especially the Nexus One, but I have been unable to find hard information about whether it's possible to do this conveniently.

Re: Google pulls plug on Nexus One

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Post by demo- »

cookiecaper wrote: post #24

Personally I don't think that Google tried very hard. I hardly ever watch TV, but I've seen TV commercials for Droid. I didn't see any for Nexus One. I upgraded from a dumb phone recently and wanted to buy a Nexus One, but T-Mobile lady told me Google required a much more expensive plan, that the buy-one-get-one free sale wasn't applicable, and that there were all other kinds of undesirable things about it. It also c…

You should check out cyanogenmod-6.0.0RC1. It's Android 2.2 for G1. I've got it running and my G1 is flying faster than ever.

Re: Google pulls plug on Nexus One

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Post by lenni »

yason wrote: post #13
YooLi wrote: post #2

With the Nexus one going away, is there any other Android phone that doesn't need to be rooted to install vanilla android and updates?

This is exactly why I was waiting for Nexus One, well, to be sold in Finland. I don't want any "value-adding crap" in my phone, much like I don't want any OEM crap in my computer either. A plain Ubuntu or plain Android installation is what I want. Are there really no other Android phones that come without? Oh crap. (FYI U.S. citizens: most mobile phones in Finland and Europe are sold separately from the carrier plan,…

It is indeed a massive shame. After having been fucked around by tmobile Germany I promised myself to never buy a phone from a carrier again. Looks like it is going to be an iPhone now. Say what you want about Apple, they won't let anyone mess about with their software.

Re: Google pulls plug on Nexus One

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Post by ern »

The headlines seem to be a bit exaggerated. Given that they just launched in South Korea and Australia, and seem to be following up on an existing announcement, I can't see how stopping sales to consumers in the US constitutes "pulling the plug" (although the ambiguous tone of the Nexus One blog post is the main culprit here).

Re: Google pulls plug on Nexus One

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Post by csallen »

marze wrote: post #33
cookiecaper wrote: post #24

Personally I don't think that Google tried very hard. I hardly ever watch TV, but I've seen TV commercials for Droid. I didn't see any for Nexus One. I upgraded from a dumb phone recently and wanted to buy a Nexus One, but T-Mobile lady told me Google required a much more expensive plan, that the buy-one-get-one free sale wasn't applicable, and that there were all other kinds of undesirable things about it. It also c…

Maybe they did try hard, maybe Apple just made the nearly impossible look easy.

Mmmm, I think some of Google's biggest problems were informing customers (1) that the phone even exists, and (2) where they can buy it. Of course there's a lot more to sales and marketing than just these tasks, but neither of the two is "nearly impossible". Especially not for a big company like Google. So I have to agree with the post saying it doesn't seem like they tried very hard.
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