Google's Nexus One phone is here!

The coverage at Engadget is absolutely 100% awesome.

Some interesting tidbits:

• Can be purchased directly without contract from Google, or can be purchased on contract through T-Mobile.


• On a 2 year contract, it'll be $179.99. Without a contract, it'll cost $529.99.


• Later this Spring, it'll be available for Verizon customers. (One suspects that it'll be a variant carrying the Droid moniker.)


• Android 2.1 is an extension of 2.0 (Eclair) and not the anticipated "Flan".


• Android 2.1 won't be available to all previous phones because of the need for a powerful processor. Probably means no 2.1 for my G1. But really, my phone is already 14.5 months old.


• Google Earth will be coming to an Android near you, in the future.


• Supports broader speech-to-text (beyond voice-directed search), including voice directed navigation, emails and texting.


• Has animated wallpapers that are interactive.


• Has some new, snazzy widgets inside, including an exclusive Weather Channel widget showing you a graph of daily temperatures


• Has a 1Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and 512MB of internal storage (double most other Android phones). In the future, Android will support encrypted microSDHC card storage.


• Sports a 3.7" AMOLED screen which is actually smaller than the Droid but larger than the G1.


• Does not have a physical keyboard.


• Has a new media (photo/video) gallery UI which is 3D in layout.


• Has 5 screens instead of 3; more space to keep your widgets and shortcuts.


• Includes GPS, compass, accelerometer, proximity sensor and light sensor. Throw in a temperature sensor and call it a Tricorder!

And their website has now gone official: Nexus One is available for purchase!

via Engadget and Google Mobile Blog