I've heard horror stories about support for the nexus one, which if I were to buy a phone today, I'd seriously consider even though the Google big brother thing was creepy in the G1. Even unlocked and rooted, you still had to activate by logging in with your gmail account. Well, you could use some functionality but to buy an app there wasn't any way around it - other than non-market sources.

I bought my first N900 from Dell, which I had to return due to bad touch screen performance. (I'm sure it was a return.) So, other than that I haven't had any issues. Nexus One is an online only purchase, so you'd still be living without real support there, too.

I recently was at Best Buy and browsed the phones to compare them to the N900. The Evo is huge. Massively huge. Bigger than the Droid. Even if it is thin, it's too big for jeans pockets. Well, maybe Shaquille O'Neal's jeans would work... :-) But after looking at 40 or 50 phones, I think I'm okay with the size of the N900. If someone wanted to give me an iPhone free I'd be okay with using it but if it's my cash, I like my freedom thank you very much. (And after having Sprint for 2 long years of indentured servitude, the Evo would have to be free or I'd pass.)

Now that 1.2 has solved the QT4.6 issues, I'm finding more apps than I can keep up with.

Terry