Nexus One: Ordered.

... and holy crud am I geeked. A co-worker just told me that he hasn't seen me this excited since the day I got my original iPhone (the day they came out, so it's been a while!). Things are getting a bit stressful here at the workplace, and I foresee it getting a lot worse, so I figured I'd get myself a little (and by "little" I mean kinda expensive) nerd toy, since the last one I got was about a year and a half ago (my iPhone 3G).

No, I've never touched one. I've always been somewhat enamored with Android phones, but they've always had some pretty major flaws (be it design, capacity, carrier, infancy of OS, etc.) that, aside from the fact I'm nowhere near the end of my AT&T contract, absolutely shot down any chance of purchasing one.

This time, however, the vast majority of those roadblocks are gone. Yes, I'm still about 6 months away from the end of my AT&T contract, but I'm simply going to use the Nexus One with my AT&T plan (yes, I'm aware of being limited to EDGE). Capacity issues will be wiped away with a nice 16GB or 32GB microSD card (which are dirt cheap), the OS is nice n' mature, and the design is actually pretty damn nice!

Oh yeah, and one last thing: Google Voice. I cannot tell you how excited I am to be able to finally use my GV account on a mobile to actually make calls and send text (without convoluted workarounds, such as is required with the iPhone).

Speaking of iPhone, I am going to miss it. I will. No Android phone has the well-roundedness that the iPhone has. No mobile OS is as slick as iPhone OS. Android 2.1 comes close, but I'm not expecting it to be as nice as iPhone OS... but I've had iPhone for 2.5 years now, and I'm ready to take a bit of a break to either see if the grass is greener, or to prove that the iPhone pasture is the best there is. I can always go back to iPhone (seeing as how I have 2) if something drives me nuts about Android.

One thing that does worry me, however, is managing of media. I do listen to podcasts and music on my iPhone, and I know I'm now going to have to manually manage that on my Nexus One, at least until someone figures out how to sync it with iTunes (yes, I know there are management apps out there, but none are as slick and easy as iTunes, and I'm not going to take a step back in that department). We'll see.

A few notes:

• Google allows you have it engraved for free (with a warning about how engraved phones cannot be returned). I did not get mine engraved... I'm trying to keep it as simple and Apple-esque as possible. ;)
• The purchase process could not have been faster/easier. Wow, has the Goog it simple. This may have something to do with the fact that I purchased an un-locked phone, but I did venture into the "let's ditch AT&T" territory last night, and it, too, looked incredibly easy.
• A few numbers analysis I've seen around the web peg the 2-year cost savings of an unlocked Nexus One on a T-Mobile plan at around $500 or more over the iPhone 3GS or Moto Droid. I have no qualms about switching to T-Mobile, especially when it's moving away from AT&T.

I'll post back after a week with what I find.