Nexus One, I’ll get you

8th Jun 2010 by Chris

Whatever it takes, I’ll get you.  Mark my word.

If I wanted something, I’ll always be sure to plot some plan and get it.  After having purchased my well loved Nook (which I still owe some review post–soon), this is my next target.

Though I don’t really think that I play nicely with touch screen phones, its about time to expose myself to such experience.  Both my mom and my younger sister are using full touch screen phones and its a surprise that they’re not having so much difficulty anymore.  So what’s to be afraid then?

Nexus One

I was quite hesitant at first when I was slowly falling in love with this beauty.  This would be the first time I’m going to buy a non-Sony Ericsson phone!  What becomes of my walkman phone love?  I feel like I’m still attached to the phone I’ve had for three years, serving me well with its features but teaching me to be patient nonetheless since its a bit sluggish interface is not one that could win against Nokia’s quick responsiveness.  W960i is a fully functional high end phone of Sony Ericsson 3 years ago.  Quad band, A2DP supporting phone that allows me to work on documents, notes, while providing some native productivity tools like the calendar, alarms, stopwatch, note, tasks, etc.  I am able to freely browse the net when I have the budget and its camera is fine for my needs; boasting 3.2MP was fine since I have my Canon IXUS camera to provide me with photo-taking expertise.

I haven’t had any complaints with W960i so far since it syncs well with my Mac and I’m able to maintain all SMS messages using BluePhoneElite.  It was worth the investment.  And now it is time for change.

The reason why I bought the Nook over its competitors was that there was an ease of transfer of ebooks from the online store to my nook.  It supports wifi and is now open for short term internet browsing.  But the real reason was because it was running on Android.  I wanted to be excited about Android development which I’m trying to squeeze into my time every now and then.  The only impediment I have is picking the right IDE for me since I don’t really like Eclipse or Netbeans.

And now, Nexus one has caught my eye.  And again, like the Nook, its not open to the Philippine Market yet.  Though I saw a store in MOA selling the Nook for an absurd price, still its more exciting to buy them online.  Sometimes, if you are smart to note the exchange rate, you might even get the product for a cheaper amount (plus shipping and handling and tax) than those sold in physical stores here in PH.   more…