The iPhone was over two years old and extremely common when the Nexus One was released. Its once-astonishing features are now considered kind of routine. Its level of polish is rapidly becoming the industry standard.<p>The minimum is always moving.<p>It would be a different story if the Nexus One were tailored for a niche market. And, in fact, it arguably is: for much of the <i>geek</i> target market, the market of people who know what multitasking is and thrill to read the fine print on the contracts at the Android App Store, the Nexus One is far <i>more</i> than a minimum viable product. And so it seems to get a lot of buzz in that market. Hopefully its market is large enough to sustain something like it.