I don’t think so. They really needed to allow for Verizon and ATT 3G subscribers off the line if they wanted to take on the iphone. I personally had my credit card out and was ready to purchase until I saw that it was edge only.

Without a physical keyboard this is totally useless to me. I have tried Iphone, it does not work for me and many other people. This is the end for me and TMobile, Im sick of waiting for a decent product I can use.

Verizon here I come.

I hope this is compatible with Wind in Canada too. We finally got a decent provider, and its about time we get a decent Android based phone. Wind uses the same Advanced Wireless Spectrum technology as T-Mobile, presumably using the same frequencies so unlocked phones should work.

I think people said something similar about Apple and the iPhone with AT&T…

Then you havent typed on the iphone’s virtual keyboard plain and simple, its the best keyboard around. By far, its worlds better than the crappy physical keyboard on the droid, what a piece of crap that is. And the android virtual keyboards blow too.

This is a completely dumb move by Google. Limiting the nexus one phone to the smallest carrier will kill it before it even gets started.

No physical keyboard?? I have yet to find a softkeyboard that can keep up with the speed of my thumbs! LOL! Hopefully snapdragon improves this.

I think this will be the first phone where I try to do without a hard qwerty. I have an iTouch and typing annoys the crap out of me compared to the HTC and Pam phones I’ve always used. Still, these phones have larger screens and double the resolution of iPods/iPhones so maybe it will be a little easier with practice. Likewise, I may be willing to choose a phone with a virtual keyboard if the other specs are much higher than other options with hard keyboards. I know the Droid has similar specs and a hard kb but I will only really consider Sprint and TMo due to price.

If SWYPE is going to work as advertised and reviewed, the physical keyboard means nothing to me now.  Have you watched a demo yet…………….SSWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTT

@Kandye: That is exactly the question that is plagueing me, too.