Google's Nexus Phone: All You Need To Know!

Here is a great article I found on the web about the new Google Nexus Phone running on Google's Android Operating System. the Apple iPhone has good competition, which will be better for us!




Full Article: http://thenextweb.com/2010/01/05/googles-nexus-one-launch-everything-need-know/

The Nexus One hardware

• The Nexus One is being billed as a ‘Superphone’ showcase for the evolution of Android and advertising will use the tagline “Where web meets phone”.
• Spec: 3.7-inch 480×800 AMOLED display, 1Ghz Snapdragon processor, a multi-colour notification LED in the trackball, light and proximity sensors, a compass, GPS and accelerometer, stereo Bluetooth, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and active noise cancellation. 5MP camera with LED flash. It’s capable of MPEG-4 video capture and there’s a one-click upload to Youtube feature.
• It’s super-thin and lighter than a Swiss Army knife. There’s an option to get custom engraving on the metal bezel on the bottom of the back of the device.

Android 2.1

• This latest version of the OS adds an extra two homescreens (taking the total to five)
• Extra widgets including a news and weather widget
• New animated and interactive Live Wallpapers that respond to touch.
• Fancy 3D effects are used on the new wallpapers, the application launcher and the photo gallery. Photos can be synced with Picassa in the background.
• You can now fill in every single text box in the OS using your voice. That everything from the address book to the browser.

Google Earth for Android

• Google is soon to launch a version of Google Earth for Android.
• The app includes voice activated search.
• It looks like this will be a Nexus One-only app for now.With some serious 3D going on, this isn’t going to work on older, less powerful handsets.

Buying Nexus One

• As predicted, Nexus One is available now via a Google web store at google.com/phone either SIM free or at a discount with a T-Mobile USA contract (if you’re a US resident). $529 for an unlocked phone, $179 on T-Mobile. In coming months it will be available with Vodafone (for Europe) and Verizon plans too.
• At present Nexus One is only available to order from the USA, UK, Singapore and Hong Kong. Additional countries will be added in the future.
• In future more phones will be available direct from Google, including some Motorola models. More operators will come on board too.
  

See what this phone can do in just 10 minutes!