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Answers to FFAQs (future FAQs):

1. T-Mobile-only 3G freqs at this time. No AT&T 3G-compatible model currently available. The phone will work on AT&T with the slower EDGE data, however.

2. It still uses an AMOLED screen. It does not use an LCD as recently reported in the media.

3. Limit 10 phones per developer.

4. Limited shipping destinations, per:

The Nexus One is carrier independent, and available for purchase in the approved markets (Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom, and the United States) by any developer registered with Android Market™.

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I'm using my Nexus One on AT&T with 3G. Is it somehow a different model?

Yes, there is a separate model compatible with AT&T's 3G.

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I'd love to see Mexico added to that list :(

I wonder about the applications we would be able to hack up (and the excellent handset we would be able to lay our hands over).

Do you know what networks it works with in other countries? I'm interested in getting one in the UK. Or is it just a matter of using a SIM that has 3G support etc.

You would need to ask your provider about frequency compatibility.

If your provider supports the UMTS bands listed below, you're good to go. Most likely, your UK provider does not, so you would only be able to utilize EDGE.

The SIM normally doesnt have anything to do with whether you get 3G or not.

Phone specs for reference: * UMTS Bands (900/AWS/2100 MHz) HSDPA 7.2 Mbps HSUPA 2 Mbps GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz) *

I hope this helps.

You should be good to go. The UMTS bands utilized in the UK are 2100/900.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS_frequency_bands#Multi-band

Wrong 2100, I think. The European IMT band (2100 down 1900 up) is not compatible with the North American AWS band (2100 down, 1700 up). The Nexus One will be stuck on Edge in the UK as far as I know.

The t-mob version works fine on Voda 3G here in the UK

Looking at the specs it seems the N1 supports UMTS GSM band 8 (900MHz), which is probably what vodaphone is using.

It should work with all networks in the UK. It's a nice phone for international usage due to the supported frequencies. The reason the US has problems is their two main networks use incompatible technologies.

I used my US/T-mobile enabled Nexus One in the UK just a few weeks ago when traveling to EuroPython in Birmingham, UK. When I arrived in London's Paddington Station, I bought a pre-paid £20 Vodafone SIM chip (don't forget to ask for data access, too!) I was quite happy with the results. No problems whatsover. Android 2.2's wifi tethering worked very well -- I loved having 'net access when the rest of the conference wifi network was a tad flaky. The £20 lasted for a full week of several calls back to the states and tons of data usage. If you're local to the UK, I'm sure you can get a better deal on a SIM chip.

Still no info on how much the shipping will cost outside the US as usual.

See here for shipping rates and import fees for various countries:

http://android.brightstarcorp.com/help.htm

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