Nexus One: How Google is laying out the groundwork

To be continued…

Since Google is not a carrier, for all this to work they will need to work out some kind of deal with wireless networks, however, carriers won’t be so fond of the idea of just handing the keys over to Google and becoming a dumb pipe. This is why Google will need to give them a little push, or better yet, a little competition.

On the third and last article of this series I’ll talk about why or why not becoming an ISP is in Google’s future, and how they’ll stimulate competition and innovation between broadband Internet providers. To make sure you don’t miss it subscribe to our RSS feed or follow us on Twitter.

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i will like to know if anybody with a nexus one in the bay area is having 3g problems ? cuz i am and i am so disappoint that iam getting ready to sale the phone and switch to another carrier cuz tmobile sucks in my area !!

i will like to know if anybody with a nexus one in the bay area is having 3g problems ? cuz i am and i am so disappoint that iam getting ready to sale the phone and switch to another carrier cuz tmobile sucks in my area !!

i will like to know if anybody with a nexus one in the bay area is having 3g problems ? cuz i am and i am so disappoint that iam getting ready to sale the phone and switch to another carrier cuz tmobile sucks in my area !!

Seriously, did you even proof read your article before posting it. Can you say..English Lesson!

Great article...I too see this as just the beginning, and that it will totally shake up the cell carriers. I've had my Nexus over a week now, and am really getting to like it. I called customer support once, after they tightened that up, and the lady was friendly, and helped me sort out some touch screen problems. I hope 3G coverage improves, but the N1 itself has been a purchase I don't regret.

Thanks a lot for those links. I'll keep those issues in mind for future articles.

Interesting article. Let's see if Google can really fight the carriers. After all, they need some income to maintain actual hardware for the mobile networks. Don't know if you can do that with $2.95/month. The carriers may have an arsenal of defenses, starting with pricing over locking out Google devices (there are still plenty of non-Google devices, so yes, they could do that) to actually sueing Google or toppling net neutrality. As you stated, they don't want to be dump pipes, they want into the content business. Not sure the outcome of a war between the carriers and Google would be in the best interest of the users. We'll see.

Great article Alberto. It's refreshing to see someone be upfront and not sugar coat the fact that the Google system has some flaws. I would, however, like to ask a question/favor. What are the chances that you would actually do a story on the fact that the Nexus One is still wrought with problems that Google is in denial about. They have not responded in weeks to any of the threads on their own forums that deal with the major issues of the phone. For example, this article and video:http://droidstory.com/2010/02/11/nexus-one-3g-p... was posted by the guy that did them on the Google forum dealing with 3G issues that has over 1800 posts (http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/android/t...) almost 2 wees ago and they have still not responded. It's as if those of us having problems don't exist. I myself have had my original Nexus One replaced 4 times. That's right, I am on my fifth one and will probably be sending it back for a sixth one and I'll keep sending them back until they get it right and I get what I paid for!

wrong article?

Sweet!! I'm glad to see it available to more carriers. How's the battery life when you use it? I know that it drains the iPhone like there's no tomorrow.

If you look at the steps Google is taking, it almost seems inevitable that they will become an ISP. We already know that they plan to test a fiber optics network of their own with 1GB/s download speeds. If that's a success for them, then they will surely expand it. It sure is fun to watch and speculate lol.

Apart from making several grammatical errors in your post as well as incomplete sentences, it was a very good article. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

If you look at the steps Google is taking, it almost seems inevitable that they will become an ISP. We already know that they plan to test a fiber optics network of their own with 1GB/s download speeds. If that's a success for them, then they will surely expand it. It sure is fun to watch and speculate lol.

Apart from making several grammatical errors in your post as well as incomplete sentences, it was a very good article. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.