Excuse me if this is a little off-topic, but the article just reminded me of it. There seems to be a recent trend over here of stories in HN appearing before the actual news. See speculation about recent NASA and Apple announcements. Sometimes, I can't find later stories that tell "the answer".
What ever happened to new Google Phone? I was first planning to buy the Desire for programming, like you. But the possibility of a "clean" phone has me waiting...
Yesterday google has presented new Nexus S and most probably it will be available for sale in a few days/weeks and it will come with Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). So it may be really good idea to wait for it :)
What ever happened to new Google Phone? I was first planning to buy the Desire for programming, like you. But the possibility of a "clean" phone has me waiting...