Here it is, folks. The Nexus One.
We’ll keep this at a minimum for now and lay down the facts about what’s new with Android 2.1 and what you need to know about the hardware.
(More on Techland: Live: Google’s Android Press Event )
What we didn’t know about v2.1 of the Android OS revolves heavily around voice implementation. …
All the specs you need to know about the new Google phone:
Cost:
$529 for the phone without a provider/contract
$179 for the phone with T-Mobile contract
Verizon service coming in Spring 2010
Vodaphone service coming to Europe in Spring 2010
Size:
Height: 119 mm
Width: 59.8 mm
Depth: 11.5 mm
Weight: 130 grams w/ battery, …
We’re coming to you live from Google’s Mountain View, CA, campus. What can we expect from today’s announcement? All signs point to the Nexus One.
Here’s what we know so far in terms of specs:
• Built by HTC
• Android 2.1
• 1GHz Snapdragon processor
• 3.7-inch AMOLED capacitive touch-screen (480×800)
• …
In a little over a week I’ll be in Las Vegas for CES. It’s my hope – along with every other tech journo – that the annual trade show will serve as center stage for some groundbreaking announcement by a major (or minor) CE company. It’s doubtful, but I’m keeping my fingers crossed. I don’t expect Palm to make as big a splash as they did …
Currently on a Virgin America flight from JFK to SEA via LAX. Flying over the Grand Canyon and I’m being told to pack it up. So here’s a 5-minute video of the Nexus One presented without comment.
It comes as no surprise that pictures and videos of the Nexus One keep trickling out. But the almighty Google has since pulled said videos and images of the device have been less than spectacular. We’ve known about the QR code, but nobody had the balls to share those images with the rest of the world. No one even bothered to capture …
Like most of you, I immediately thought of Philip K. Dick, Blade Runner and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? when news broke (you know, when HTC filed the device with the FCC) that the Google Phone would be called Nexus One. There’s an obvious connection to Dick’s Replicants. That much is obvious.
When Lev and I were looking …
These videos are an incredible waste of time. And if that’s the portrait keyboard people have to live with on the Nexus One then I will pass, good sir!
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(via The Nexus One)
It comes as no surprise that the Android 2.1 ROM from the Nexus One has leaked. It’s already been ported to other Android devices like the Droid, but what’s most intriguing about the leak is that it reveals a handful of key hardware specs. The most notable of the bunch being libraries specific to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor, …
Spoke too soon.
The Internet is buzzing about the Google Phone this AM and it seems a picture of the device has surfaced. It’s unclear if this is the HTC Passion, but it sure looks a lot like it.
Cory O’Brien, a blogger in San Francisco, got his hands on a device that he claims to be the Google Phone last night. O’Brien had …
