My Nexus One arrived in the morning yesterday. From placing the order to receiving the product, it took about 3.5 days. I’m impressed.

Why did I not get an iPhone like everyone else?

Although rumored to arrive in the next major OS version, iPhone has no multitasking capabilities (and neither does Windows Mobile 7). It’s a shame that when PDA-phone hybrids were first introduced in the early 2000s, they were being touted for their multitasking capabilities compared to their cousins, the unitasking conventional phone. Ten years down the road, with all the advances in both hardware and software, we suddenly lost that capability. It is now too user unfriendly and draining on hardware to implement multitasking. Have we been advancing backwards? Perhaps we have, because in 1969, we could land on the moon, but after almost 40 years of R&D, we lost that capability too. Soon, we’ll forget how electricity works.

Also, I dislike the closed ecosystem on the iPhone. This area stems out of a philosophical disagree that I have with Steve Jobs. To release an application for the iPhone, you have to do it through the Apple marketplace. However, it is a lengthy and frustrating process to seek Steve Job’s personal blessing for a program and this detrimental for developers. On the Android, you can choose to distribute an application through any medium. The official Android Marketplace, which requires a registration of US$25 before apps can be submitted, and accepted on a good faith basis, is not the only distribution channel.

I’m a geek. Testing out and choosing between various versions of file managers amuse and excites me. I can’t do the same on the iPhone. It just ain’t for me.

Arguments asides, I’m enjoying the Nexus One. Having a QWERTY keyboard is a pleasurable experience as there is none of that wrist and thumb hurting experience ever present when wrangling with the standard 12 key layout on conventional phones. In a way, it makes me feel more socialable as I’m actually inclined to provide an adequate reply to my text messages. Previously, my replies resemble nothing more a text version of a nod and grunt.

I’ve only owned my Nexus One for 12 hours, and used it for even less. If there are any annoyances (as with any product, there are sure to be), I’ve not come across then yet.