• Engadget, Tuesday, January 5, 2010 3:13 PM

In an early and in-depth review of the Nexus One, Engadget describes the world's first Google-branded smartphone as a "sleek, streamlined phone that can easily go toe-to-toe with the iPhone 3GSs, Pres, and Droids of the world." Still, can it live up to all the hype?

Well, "It's clear that Google and (the phone's manufacturer) HTC made strides to bring an Android handset into the same realm of base desirability that Apple's halo device occupies," and "for the most part, they've succeeded." Overall, however, "The Nexus One is at its core just another Android smartphone," Engadget writes. "It's a particularly good one, don't get us wrong -- certainly up there with the best of its breed -- but it's not in any way the Earth-shattering, paradigm-skewing device the media and community cheerleaders have built it up to be."

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