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Well today Google unveiled the Nexus One at their press event this morning dubbed a “superphone” by Google. Which brings a lot of features and hardware updates to the Google Android line up, Android has come quite a way’s from the T-Mobile G1. Which was the first Google Android based handset to now having 20 devices on 59 carriers. During the press event the VP of Product Development Mario Queiroz did take a swipe at the Apple iPhone in regards to Google Android’s ability to multi-task, in which the iPhone is not capable of doing. 

Now let’s get into the hardware specifications of the Nexus One. The Nexus One will have a 3.7-inch AMOLED display, GPS, Wi-fi, will be 130 grams-11.5mm thick,Stereo Bluetooth, a 1 GHz processor, a light senor, a proximity sensor, a 5.0 mega pixel camera with flash, two microphones one is for noise cancellation, multi-color notification LED trackball, will run with Android 2.1, 512MB RAM & 512Mb ROM, comes with a 4GB microSD card which is expandable to 32GB and a built-in 3.5 mm headphone jack.

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Nexus One will have some new features when it comes to its user interface and a couple of new integrated applications. The Nexus One will have five home screens instead of three as on the T-Mobile G1 & Mytouch 3G. The weather widget was one of the features that was shown at the conference, which uses GPS to pin point where you are and gives the user their weather information. Google is expecting third party developers to create more widgets for Google Android.  Google is also allowing software encryption for software developers this will help with pirated applications & allow for the applications to be stored on the microSD card instead of the internal memory in the near future.

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 Another feature that was shown was the Google Earth application; this allows the user to search for any location in the world. A speech recognition feature has been integrated into the software keyboard for voice to text, which is used with messaging, G Mail, E-mail, Google Search & Google Earth applications. The photo gallery has also been updated with different ways to view your pictures. The photo gallery also works with the accelerometer so when you move the phone the gallery also moves. Google did mention during the press event that they do plan on bringing Android 2.0 to older devices but only in versions that the hardware is capable of running on that particular handset, as well as the possibility of putting tethering on the Nexus One.

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The Nexus One will be available unlocked for $529 dollars; it will also be available through T-Mobile USA for $180 for new customers with a 2-year contract. Current customers will be able to upgrade to the Nexus One, which will cost $279 with a two-year contract if your a qualifying customers who are adding data plans. And $379 with a new two-year contract for qualifying customers who are upgrading their data plans. The way Google is selling the Nexus One is through their own website, and not through retail providers which could be a draw back for some consumers. The website allows the buyer to choose the handset unlocked or with T-Mobile USA service agreement. The version for T-Mobile only has one plan which is 500 minutes and unlimited text & web  for $79.99 a month at the moment.

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 There is still no word on when or if other plans from T-Mobile will be available for the Nexus One.  The site will allow the user to personalize their handsets by engraving their name or any personal message they want on the back of the handset above the HTC logo. And Verizon subscribers will not have to be left out in the cold there is a version of the Nexus One coming this spring. The site also goes over the features & tech specs of the Nexus One.

Well, my personal opinion is this phone is going to be a great phone to replace any first generation Google Android phone. With the speech recognition & speech to text this is a good handset for people with accessibility issues so am glad Google has those consumers in mind with this handset. Another issue that am glad Google has finally decided to resolve is the internal memory issue for applications which is an issue I think a lot people myself included complain about. My only issue is the rate plan I don’t think 500 minutes a month is  enough for most cell phone users.  But hopefully Google will allow customers to use other T-Mobile rate plans with the Nexus One.  I managed to find some video of the Demo’s of the Nexus One during the press event. Well to order the Nexus One go to Google Nexus One website, and as always feel free to tell me what do you think of the Nexus One?

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 Source: Google Android press event

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