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Update: I received the phone. Please read this post for more information on my first hands-on of Nexus One.

After I heard this morning that Google will stop selling its Nexus One once the final set of devices is sold out, I decided to order unlocked one from the Nexus One web store.

When Google first released Nexus One, I was hoping that the original version of Android could sometimes come to some media players similar to the iPod Touch. Back then, I didn’t know the meaning of unlocked phone. I thought it is some kind of hacks that allows phone to be used illegally.

As time went by, I discovered Zii Egg. As some of you who read the posts during the early stage of this blog may know, I was waiting for Zii Egg to be released as a consumer product for over five months. Within these months, I learned a lot of how the Android operates and different variations of Android. I also discovered the definition of unlocked phone.

Since the unlocked version of Nexus One requires a SIM card and it has wifi functionality, and I don’t use cell phone very much, I could use Nexus One without the SIM card as a PMP (Portable Media Player) device. This idea came to my mind last week.

Since then, I have abandoned waiting for the Zii Egg. Mainly because I want the Android market on the device, and as far as I know, only the original version of Android has this feature.  Because of the financial issue and the surprise of the unlocked Nexus One being too expensive,  I couldn’t order the device immediately. However, after today’s news, I finally decided to purchase the device using my remaining funds.

According to the tracking info on FedEx, I will receive the device by next Monday at 3:00 PM EDT. I will post an update once I received the device and test it whether it supports operation under none-SIM card condition, as well as some experience with the device as appropriate.

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