Google's biggest announcement was not a phone, but a URL

ars technica writes Google's biggest announcement was not a phone, but a URL.

"The Nexus One is a sharp-looking smartphone, but, as nice as it is, it is the least significant thing that Google announced today. The real news is Google's online store, and what it means for the US wireless industry."

"In short, what Google announced today wasn't just the Nexus One, but the world's first carrier-independent smartphone store; the Google store is now the only smartphone store in the world where, for every phone on offer, you first pick which phone you want, and then you pick a network and a plan on that network. So you can comparison shop among networks based purely on plan price and network quality, because you already have your phone picked out."

Maybe Google is big enough to change the wireless industry. Maybe they'll try to fix the banks or Congress next. They did their IPO in their own way.