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In an effort to take over the business world Google release the Nexus One cell phone this week. It is supposed to be the first phone to rival the iphone.  When the iphone was released ebay was slammed with people selling the phone and as expected the same thing is happening with the Nexus One.

The interesting thing is the phones are selling on ebay for $600-$800 dollars.  Why is that interesting you may be asking.  It is interesting because Google is selling the phone for only $529, unlocked.

When people hear unlocked, they often think of what it meant with the iphone.  That it could be used on any 3G network including AT&T and Tmobile.  That is almost true with the Nexus One. This is from their site:

The Nexus One’s antenna supports four GSM radio frequencies (850/900/1800/1900) and three 3G/UMTS Bands – 1/4/8 (2100/AWS/900). These cover most major GSM mobile providers worldwide; however, the 3G band used by AT&T and Rogers is not supported. For questions about the bands supported by your mobile service provider, please contact your provider directly.

The unlock Nexus One is not compatible with AT&T. Many of the auctions on ebay are claiming the phone will work with AT&T and there will be several angry buyers when they find out their phone won’t work.

If you are interested in making a quick buck now is your chance.  Be sure to list the compatible frequencies and don’t say it will work with AT&T.

I considered selling them myself, but there are over 800 listings and then I discovered it is incompatible with AT&T and thought it would be better to let you all know what is going on.