[...] paid $379, you’re in great luck.  It seems that Google is refunding Nexus One buyers $100.  Reports had it that Nexus One users who went this route are starting to receive mails informing of the $100 [...]

Hey, I was just looking and saw you said it was cheaper overall to buy it full with EM+ package. Can I ask how you figured that you? I’m not saying you are wrong, far from it, i’m curious because i’d love to get this phone. I’m with AT&T currently and wanna switch. Thanks.

pointless since they all have the same OS… its like making an iphone with like twenty different designs…. pointless i upgraded to my mytouch from a g1 and has same crappy interface along with a TS keyboard that sucks… wish i still had my iphone

Well, your wishes are HTC’s commands, They have more than one QWERTY-equipped Android phones coming out in the first half of 2010.

Being a HUMONGOUS Blackberry user, I am terrified to go Android, but I would rather that than the corporate stranglehold that Apple implies. I too love the keys, but after playing around with the touchscreen, I think Palm has the right idea….and their OS is pretty slick.

They just need nicer looking (and feeling) phones.

Found this because I thought your idea was too good to be true…and it was…kinda…

You agree to pay Google an equipment subsidy recovery fee (the “Equipment Recovery Fee”) in the event you cancel or DOWNGRADE your wireless plan within 120 days of activation of wireless service. If you activate a new line of service with T-Mobile, your Equipment Recovery Fee will be $150 USD if you cancel or downgrade your service plan within 120 days of activation. If you are upgrading an existing line of service with T-Mobile, your Equipment Recovery Fee will be $50 USD if you cancel or DOWNGRADE your service within 120 days of activation.

If I want to buy a Nexus one now (2/9/10), this is what I learned.

This is how to do it. Call an HTC rep.

888 216 4736

HTC rep has no real T-Mobile of Google agenda. Me: G1 owner, 5 months left on contract.

If I want to buy the Nexus now:

#1 Option: buy Nexus at $279, change to the only Nexus One plan at $79,(My G1 plan is also $79 but it’s “all you can eat”. Enter new 2 year contract @$79 (again lower minutes than G1 Plan.

#2 Option: Buy Nexus One unlocked at full price. Use month to month plan. Drop T-Mobile or Nexus when you want. Re-sell unlocked Nexus One on ebay to recoup some cost. (This is the route the HTC Rep, a G1 owner is personally doing herself).

#3 Option: The best plan is probably to stick with my G1 for the 4 months left on contract. Then dump T-mobile and buy Nexus One in the Spring with Verizon and superior coverage.

[...] service issues (and bring the phone to Verizon already!) they’d really have something. [Android and Me, thanks [...]

I want this phone! It sounds like it is the rice price for what it brings to the table.

are you sure this is true?
i talked to 3 different t-mobile reps and they said that you would get a early termination fee for switching from your new individual plan back to your family plan

I was afraid of the $350 fee, but the contract on Google’s site specifically says that they can only charge you that if you “cancel” your contract. Switching Tmobile plans doesn’t constitute canceling. I also called Tmobile and had 2 separate customer care employees promise me that switching to the 500 plan and then back to family is not a problem and they were given a memo instructing customers to do this. So I’m giving it a try!