I've been doing lots of BlackBerry hacking lately (working on the Hecl port), and compared to Android, those guys just don't "get it". Everything is a pain in the neck, very fiddly, Windows only, and often quirky. They're nice devices, but RIM just doesn't strike me as being able to turn around and produce a development experience that's pleasant.
In terms of that price, it's 368 euros at current rates, which is certainly high, but about what you'd see for other high end phones, and a lot lower than you'd pay for an iPhone.
Yep. Apple prices recently have been pretty much one to one even though the Euro was hovering around $1.50. It will be interesting to see what they do with this.
I've been playing with the Nexus One pretty heavily for the past 24 hours and I can confirm that the battery is basically what you'd expect. Heavy usage means you won't make it through the day, but you can easily do so on reasonable web surfing/texting and moderate numbers of phone calls.
You cannot get an out of battery in a middle of the day. If you work outside as many of you, this is an essential feature.
This happens often on many new smarphones, specially with processors so fast, they run out of battery.
I can use my BlackBerry Bold all day without a charge (using 3g), I doubt can do the same thing with this.
Also the price is prohibitive outside USA.