Shocked By Nexus One

I bought an unlocked Google Nexus One. Two weeks later, I was shocked by the headphones. Herein is that story.

I wanted an iPhone. I bought a Nexus One. At the end of the day I wanted to be able to load the SDK and the iPhone SDK requires a MAC, which I don't have. The next closest competitor was the Nexus One. Until this point, my last experience with a phone that wasn't challenged (aka: not a smart phone) was my foray into medical software for smart phones in 2004.

I like the Nexus One; Didn't care for being shocked. At first, the battery life seemed abysmal even after following the performance guidelines of shutting off unused items (vibrate, lower backlight, disable GPS, bluetooth, and WiFi when not in use) but, around the time of the early February update, it's been much better.

The user interface has been hit or miss. It's very nice and sporty, with a few random gotchas. In conference calls, where I'm tapping the mute-button quite a bit, the UI transposes the finger-tap to other parts of the screen and I wind up sending numeric tones to the attendees.

On one such call, I switched from speaker to the included headphones. After some minutes, I stood up and the earbuds delivered a mild shock. A quick search turned up a similar issue with iPhones.

Over all, in the first few weeks, I've enjoyed the new phone and hope to be able to spend some time mucking about with the SDK.