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It only took days after Google announced that they  received the last shipment of Nexus One phones for it to sold out.

Now, just as announced earlier this year by Google, the Google Nexus One is no longer available for purchase directly from Google. That is, we cannot buy Nexus One from Google’s online store anymore. They are still available from Vodafone on selected countries however, as well as for registered Android developers as this is the developer phone of Google.

The news on May that Google might close down their online store along with the humor about the new Android update (Froyo) made me decide to buy Nexus One immediately. Being a non-US or UK resident, it would be hard for me to buy one if I wait longer, I thought. Plus, I’ve realized that new Android updates would surely be made available to Nexus One before any other phones. Now I see it was all worth it. Just as some N1 owners put it, Nexus One is now on “Classic Status”, “The best Android device, ever” Status or “No, you can’t have one!” Status haha. But seriously, if you still want it, there’s still many options available.

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The much awaited Android update was finally unveiled by Google last June 28 and was mentioned on their official blog site.  http://googlenexusoneboard.blogspot.com/2010/06/new-android-22-software-update-for.html

Before that, many users complained about the first OTA update (ERE27) that was started around February from being delivered to their new Nexus One. http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/android/thread?tid=468801cbdf8eb9fe&hl=en I immediately thought that it’s because of the preparation for Froyo update so there’s no need to worry actually.

I received the OTA update 4 days after just like Google said. All is good now. At least I felt that my phone is still normal after I rooted it and installed several custom ROMS.

Although custom ROMS are really great, it really depends on the needs. For me, the closer to stock ROM, the better. After this OTA update, I immediately rooted it in order to run root apps especially the Titanium Backup. I simply can’t live without root access Right now, I’m running with Leo Froyo ROM which is really the best custom ROM available out there. Since there would be no Nexus Two, the wait starts for Gingerbread.

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I’ve been constantly watching this issue since I’ve heard about it a month ago. Google presented their newest Android OS version called Froyo which is version 2.2. There are lots of improvements but until now, there’s no official OTA (Over The Air) update for common Nexus One users. Of course, there are many instructions out there on how to manually update to the latest unofficial version but I think that’s not for regular N1 users. What’s more, the older OTA update was halted and according to Ry Guy, a google employee, they’re doing some maintenance work on their OTA servers. That was more than 2 weeks ago. Until now, there are still no OTA update even for ERE27 (2.1 update1)

Taking into account that they have released the Froyo source code days ago but still no official OTA update, I’ve started to think that there might be something that Google can’t fix or figure out yet that they think must be on official Froyo update. That thing might be very special that they have risk having angry customers and anxious users over it. The beauty of open source is that the community plays the majority of the role in the development. Currently, cyanogen is working on his CM 6 which is Froyo based. One reason why Google released the source code is probably to get some help from the community before they release Froyo.

I know Google is working hard to get this update delivered. But they just can’t be silent about this. Saying “in a few weeks you will receive an update” more than twice already is not enough. They are releasing incremental updates for few users to use probably so that they can act as a beta tester. But having all Nexus One users to update manually and expect them to test by themselves is just not fair. I understand that they can’t just make any official statement about this to protect their market interest. They are really on a difficult situation right now. But I know, things will be better soon. Who knows, maybe xda devs finally enable the FM radio or make the High Def video recording a part of Nexus One. For the time being, we must be patient and wait for the final update. Besides, if you don’t really need the new features of Froyo, even the stock 2.1 is still very reliable and stable for daily use.

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