the gPhone arrives

Google has finally admitted, and the pictures are finally appearing of their own branded Android phone, called the Nexus One. It will be keyboardless, slighter longer than the iPhone and thinner. It will also not be tied to any particular carrier.

We think this has several implications for app developers:

• carriers appear to be less and less important to both phones and apps
• Android momentum continues to increase.  Developers focus on iPhone only at their own peril
• Even within Android this is not going to be the end-all phone. Plenty of people will prefer the keyboard of the very nicely featured Droid.