Although Goggle has gotten out of the Android phone business, developers can sill buy the Nexus One, in all it's Android 2.2 glory. It can only be bought now by Android developers for $529.
The Nexus One combines an up-to-the-minute platform (Android 2.2), modern hardware, and the pure Google Experience software suite.
The Google blog notes that "It's a good choice both for people who want to build Android applications using either the SDK or the NDK, and those who want to experiment with modified versions of the Android platform."
The Nexus One still ships with Android 2.1 but will download 2.2 soon after you turn it on, will will upload faster from Wi-Fi if you are in a slow 3G part of town.
The developer version of the Nexus One is unlocked and will recognize SIM cards from any mobile service provider using the GSM standard.
The Nexus One has been
profitable for Google.
The Google Nexus One received excellent
reviews,
and then "issues" appeared with long waits for email support and
touchiness with the touchscreen, which have been fixed.
The
Nexus One received a high-powered
update with new features including multi-touch in the browser and
maps. It now has voice to text filling in fields as well as
turn-by-turn
navigation.
The Nexus One was sold in AT&T and T-Mobile versions and never made it to Verizon which offered the HTC Droid Incredible, instead.
The sales of the Nexus One were available in a webstore, then went retail then vanished.