We knew it was coming, but we had to wait for Google to spill the news before we could talk about it with authority. And the company did so Tuesday morning at a press conference at the Googleplex in Mountain View, Calif.
As expected, the Nexus One is a new Google Android phone that offers an inside designed by Google and an outside designed by HTC. According to Google’s Mario Queiroz, the Nexus One is a “super phone” where the Web meets the cell phone. “It’s an exemplar of what mobile phones can do with Android,” he said. The handset will be available first for GSM carriers like T-Mobile, but a Verizon version will follow.
Though its slim (0.45 inches), lightweight (4.58 ounces) touch-screen design doesn’t stand out from the current Android crowd, it offers a loaded feature set with a few notable offerings, including a 1Ghz Snapdragon processor.
The primary interface is a 3.7-inch AMOLED display with five customizable home screens. The Nexus One runs the Android 2.1 OS and the WVGA display can show 3G graphics. The trackball below the display lets you navigate menus, but also lights up to alert you to new messages. We’re pleased that HTC added a 3.5mm headset jack.
I’m due for a new phone… I’m still watching and waiting.
#36,
is he defending it or just using it as a comparison? It took the iphone 2 years to come out with a version that supports ad2p, which is rediculous. My pos winmo5 phone which came out a year before that had it, which was one of the reasons i bought it: for the features it had. I do not consider a picture of an apple a feature.
#38 MrMiGu
pedro trolls on the Mac products. It’s a religious belief.
#41 pedro
OK, let me rephrase that. pedro trolls. 😉
Hah. Unix fanboi my friend.