New Android Phone

After my interesting shopping experience on Google's phone site I finally got my phone a few days later. As it turned out it they took a business day to process the order and the following day it was shipped. Not perfect for someone who was excited to get their hands on it but still not too bad. Would have been nice if they could tell you what was going on.

So I have been using it for about a week now and figured I would post a few comments about it. This will not be a review as there are plenty of those floating around the net.

Some things that I like about the phone are -

Speed - this phone is fast. The menu system feels smooth and fast and overall a good experience. Not to much lag anywhere so far.

Build Quality - this is top notch. The whole thing feel like a quality product and not some cheap phone (I am looking at you Palm Pre).

Camera - not up to par with the Nokia phones but still very good and usable. Compared to the Droid this is great. Fast to be ready to shoot again and switching between video and camera modes is not a painful process.

I picked up the phone unlocked so I was able to get a cheaper T-Mobile plan than the subsidized phone came with. Plus I am not locked into a contract with them which is nice.

As with other smart phones (notice I am not calling it the Super Phone) the battery is not great but I manage a full day with it on most days. The only issue I have with it so far is not really the phone but the speed of the T Mobile data network. Not that it is slow or a problem so far but with their hype of the 7.2 HSDPA network I was expecting faster speeds when on their 3G network.

As with my Droid on Verizon I have yet to have a dropped call. This is something that was getting to be all to common on AT&T. The call quality is top notch and so far I have not had the urge to turn on my iPhone which is what this has replaced.