It has been very hard to find a Google device right now in Italy as it is not available on the google market, but finally i became the owner of a Google nexus One device. It should come here in Italy the next year but it will be branded by some carrier (rumors say Vodafone) and,as a developer I prefer Unlocked phones. I'm beginning android development on java platform and I hope I'll be soon able to public the first projects as applications on the Google Android Market.
Right now I think the device is really nice (not ugly as the G1) and usable even if it has just a virtual keyboard with the options to edit messages and doing searches using TTS voice integration.
The nexus One owns a 1 Ghz QUALCOMM processor and 512 MB RAM plus an high resolution screen. It is the right device where to run the Android OS 2.1 (It is really heavier then the previous versions). Rumors say that in EU it will soon support Multitouch, but I have to say that I don't think it is so much important for me as a user (As a developer I prefer multitask :) ).
Just one thing: even if the market is ready, the number of really useful application is not nearly comparable to the Apple's one that shows more than 140,000 apps and their quality is not so high. Anyway I think it depends by many factors and soon many software house will create new apps or port the iPhone one in order them to be available for android devices.
Further news will come in next days.
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