Google is selling the unlocked Nexus One handsets at $529--the phone runs Android 2.2. Bray calls it "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... As well as being an outstanding developer platform, it's a really nice everyday phone."
Somewhat too many of you, in fact; we blew through the (substantial) initial inventory in almost no time, and they’re back-ordered from HTC, who are doing a pretty good job of managing runaway success amid a worldwide AMOLED shortage. Everyone appreciates that it's important to the platform to get phones in the hands of developers, so we're working hard on re-stocking the shelves; stand by."
Operating systems such as the Android allow subscribers to access thousands of applications irrespective of the handset brand. In comparison, other systems are specific to a device and consumers are locked to that device if they want to get applications. Globally, there are 1,60,000 Android-based devices sold everyday as more and more handset models are being launched by various OEMs,
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