Nexus One owners can call (888) 48NEXUS between 4am and 7pm PST to speak with a real live person. Unfortunately, though, they’ll only be able to get information on the status/shipping information on your existing order. For technical support or repairs and returns, you’ll still need to contact HTC customer care (1-888-216-4736). For billing/service support, you’ll still need to contact T-Mobile (1-877-453-1304).

Google doesn’t have to be its partners’ keeper, and if I were a Nexus One owner I’d rather have Google support than not. But it’s still got to be terribly frustrating to have three distinct places to turn when you’ve got a Nexus One issue.” – Gizmodo.com

“Liquid is doing much better than our expectation,” Gianfranco Lanci, president of the Taipei-based company, said in an interview yesterday. “This is why we’re a little bit short of supply.”

The Liquid touch-screen handset, unveiled in October, competes against models from HTC Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. and Motorola Inc. in the market for phones using the free Android platform. Acer expects its smartphone sales, including those using Microsoft Corp.’s Windows system, to total between 2 million and 3 million units this year, Lanci said.

Read the whole article at BusinessWeek