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Google’s Nexus One (complete coverage) is just a phone. Looked at in context of the history of adaptable phones, it’s a solid footfall in Google’s continuing advance on new markets in general and on Apple in particular, but it’s not revolutionary the way theiPhone was, and not, to my mind, worthy of the frenzy that I awoke to this morning on the blogs. It’s a acceptable phone, but does it break new ground for consumers? Not so much.

Developers don’t have to funnel their apps through the Google, and the platform itself is open to added manufacturers, which can lead to rapid product innovation. It looks like it has a better screen, and it has alive noise cancellation and voice control, both very cool. Of course, the Nexus One has solid consumer advantages over Apple’s phones. For industry watchers, the Android platform’s artlessness is important. It has nice integration with online services like Google Maps, Facebook, and Picasa. In the U.S., it doesn’t run on AT&T, for one thing–you can get it on T-Mobile (now), Verizon (in the spring), or unlocked.

But none of these features is as important to the industry as the iPhone was. The Android phones are riding that wave. The iPhone was the first smartphone to absolutely bring consumers to the adaptable Web. The iPhone’s additional act–the App Store–changed the way applications are broadcast and priced. Android is riding that as well.

This anarchy would be economic. Of course, someone still has to run the data networks and get paid for that, but we’ve seen businesses that adumbrate that relationship from consumers already. And it’s a shame, since Google could–still can–upset the adaptable buzz market to benefit consumers. MVNOs (mobile virtual network operators) like Virgin Adaptable resell added company’s cellular bandwidth, and connected e-book readers like the Kindle and Nook adumbrate their adaptable carrier relationships as well. With Google Voice, its end-run about acceptable phones and voice mail, and with its newly acquired VoIP platform Gizmo5, Google could create a adaptable buzz infrastructure that upends the acceptable lock-in and amount structure that cellular companies appoint on consumers. So is the Nexus One a revolution? No.

But as the Apple iPhone has demonstrated, on the business ancillary that need is diminishing. Google execs have said they have no affairs to compete with their carriers, and it would be economically unsound for the company to do so now, when the company needs carriers for bandwidth, marketing, and distribution. It’s blame the carrier relationships bottomward the business stack by running its own Nexus One store, on which you accept your buzz first, and the carrier second, and where you pay for the new product with your Google account. With the Nexus One, Google is pulling an Apple.

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