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I missed you Nexus One . Also, looking in the mirror just reminded me why I always kill my attempts to grow a beard fairly early in the process, so I'll be shaving tomorrow.

I'm always glad when Google announces products. It means I can finally talk to my non-Google friends about them. :) Like most Googlers, I've been using the Nexus One for a little less than a month now, and ..drum roll please... it's changed my life! The first line on the video sums it up: "sometimes a great idea is a few good ideas meeting for the first time" Even with incremental improvement, you get to a point where things are done well enough to get users past a tipping point and drive that change in behavior. Let me give you an example. I'd occasionally read docs on my last phone (G1), but would simply never consider reading a book on it, but on the Nexus One the screen was just wide enough, the resolution and brightness just right enough, and the form factor just comfortable enough that despite some skepticism I started..and finished an entire novel . Similar stories apply for my music, my gmail, my use of Google Maps, the apps in Google App Marketplac...