So I went and upgraded to a Nexus One...

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My old G1 was regularly running out of space for the applications I wanted to run, and the Nexus One was getting good reviews, so I got one. Upgrading was easy— just pop the SIM card out of the G1, pop it into the Nexus, turn it on, and sign in to my Google account— and it quickly synced my data out of the cloud. (Downloading all my applications again took a while, though.)

Thus far I’ve been pleased with the performance; I haven’t been having any of the 3G connectivity issues that some people are complaining about, and it performed quite well as a music player today, finishing out a day of listening with 39% charge in the battery. It comes with a 4GB microSD card, and when the 32GB cards come out in February, the thing will have more space than my first iPod did. The turn-by-turn navigation has been quite good thus far.

I’m glad that the EU has been throwing their weight around about phone chargers; the G1 used a mini-USB connector, and the Nexus uses micro-USB, so I can charge it from any USB port with a cheap cable instead of having to buy a special charger. At Fry’s, I went down to the AC Adaptors aisle and found a couple of useful widgets, one of which is just a wall wart that has a couple of USB ports on it, and another that is the equivalent for a car’s charging sockets. This is much more flexible than getting one of the dedicated phone chargers from the cellphone aisle, particularly with two ports so obsessivewoman can charge her Nintendo DS while my Nexus One is doing navigation.

Anyone want a used G1? You can get service for it from T-Mobile for $55–$60 per month with a $35 activation fee.