New Google Phone Still Lacking Must-Have Features, Pricing (GOOG)

The new gadget is nice-enough looking, and the Google software is better than a lot of the competition. But in the era of a $99 Apple (AAPL) iPhone and $199 iPhone 3G S, there's nothing here that makes this a must-have phone. Unless T-Mobile and Google do something radical -- such as offering the phone for $49 or free, or making monthly service much cheaper than $65+ a month -- it is not going to attract a whole lot of would-be iPhone buyers.