> Starting today, an additional version of the Nexus One is available from the Google web store that is compatible with AT&T’s 3G network. This new model can be purchased as an unlocked device without a service plan. In addition to AT&T’s 3G network, this device will also run on Rogers Wireless in Canada. And like the first version of the Nexus One, it can be used with most GSM operators globally.
via [googlenexusoneboard.blogspot.com](http://googlenexusoneboard.blogspot.com/2010/03/nexus-one-now-compatible-with-at-3g.html)
Again, Google is trumpeting the fact that the Nexus One can be purchased “unlocked.” But if I need to buy a different version of the phone to use it with any carrier in the US other than AT&T, what good is purchasing it unlocked?
You can have any color you want, as long as it’s black.
I’ve said it a thousand times before, and I’ll say it again: There is no such thing as an unlocked phone in the US. All phones can only work on one specific carrier here.
The only advantage of buying the unlocked version is that you get to cancel your service in less than two years without a penalty. But you pay so much more for the unlocked version that you end up paying about the same if you cancel early, anyway.
