Google has just announced that they are indeed going to release their own smartphone (that’s the hardware) running on the Google Android mobile OS (that’s the software) and this comparison is to find out if it really is an “iPhone on steroids” as the Twitter feeds call it. Or more to the point – whether or not Apple and the iPhone 3GS should finally be quaking in its boots.

The Google Nexus One, as it’s been dubbed, has an capacitative touchscreen occupying the better part of its face (a la’ the iPhone) with a scroll ball beneath it (re: scroll ball vs. track pad, we say choice of multipurpose navigational control is kind of a personal preference).

One thing that makes the Nexus One so hot is that it comes GSM unlocked, which means that you are free to use it with whatever wireless carrier you choose. Now isn’t that a long-overdue sigh of relief? Uh, hello Apple? We’re waiting (tic-toc, tic-toc)…That said, the Nexus One is only a GSM phone. That means no HSDPA (if that matters to you).

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