Well, if he can make a comparison between this and the Droid then the chance exists that he’s had a decent amount of exposure to the device. So, if this is true then it’s probably also true that he’s at least seen the 2.0 Marketplace. Unfortunately, when he refers to the market he refers to it as “the new” market rather than “a new” market. So, he’s probably just referring to the 2.0 market since Droid owners are the only ones who’ve been able to really use it as no other phone has had an official 2.0 upgrade. Although, even the 2.0 market isn’t a “considerable step up” from 1.6. A new market is only vaporware in my mind until additional information is presented (ie: screenshot or it didn’t happen).

Look at the comments at the bottom of this article. Mr Sterling admits to using 1.5 on his myTouch phone. This was his first exposure to the current version of the market.

There is no Market update.

http://www.androidguys.com/2009/12/17/i-fondled-a-nexus-one/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+androidguyscom+%28AndroidGuys%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

On the plus side, Nexus is still coming.

I imagine he meant the phone itself physically looks like an Eris. It does kinda look like a Hero – moreso than it looks like a moto droid, anyway.

It doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with this story, but it may have something to do with this one:

http://androidandme.com/2009/12/carriers/t-mobile-news/t-mobile-ready-to-flip-the-switch-on-nations-fastest-3g/

Outages as they bring tech online?

I think mr. Sterling has only experienced the pre-1.6 market. I don’t think the market will be that much different from what we have now.

Plus, for every Nexus One article i read, I wanna see a video. Until now I have only seen it boot up. Not quite the revelation.

“Is Google cleaning up the Android Market for a reason or is it all just coincidence?”

Are you just being silly, or are you really asking this question? Google got a C&D for the removal of the Quake apps from the owner of id Software; the developer of Beautiful Widgets got a C&D from HTC and pulled the app himself. How is that Google cleaning up the Market?

Google removing apps by their own will, that’s a “clean up”. Google or the developers removing apps because of legal issues is just that, removal because of legal issues. Don’t spread FUD.

First what does this have to do with the story?

If there is a new and improved market… then AWESOME! I can’t wait.

There have been quite a few reports of T-Mobile outages from Alabama and Florida. It seems to be happening here in the Memphis, TN area. I have data but no voiceor sms