John WaltoncloseAuthor Information: Name: John Walton About: John Walton is the Managing Editor of DroidDog.com and loves where Android is headed. He is also a Smartphone Editor over at PhoneDog. He spends too much time on Twitter.See Authors Posts (974)

I don’t know about you folks, but I’m just a bit leery of doing anything that could potentially damage my new Nexus One, which should arrive tomorrow. In fact, for the first month, I suspect the riskiest behavior I might engage in is the missing of one hour’s diaper polishing. But for those of you with a taste for the geekness, Android and Me has published a step-by-step how-to for unlocking and rooting your new toy. I would suggest clicking that link rather than simply viewing the video below, but I wanted to give a little preview of the material here: