I got a review model late Tuesday and it didn't take long to see it provides a really useful Web experience that, like the iPhone, is a quantum leap ahead of today's mainstream handsets.

The open source code for Android is now available for all takers. By next year many more cellphone makers will have devices on the market using Android including giants such as Samsung on down to the many local competitors of Taiwan's HTC which designed this phone.

In fact, that is the single most important take-away from this device and the point of the "first look" video below.

I'll be taking some more time to explore the handset in coming days and will post other observations. My colleagues from Portelligent and Semiconductor Insights are already at work on teardowns of the handset. Watch this space.