Introducing Google Nexus One
Online search giant Google Inc has moved into the retailing space for the first time with the introduction of a new Android phone called Nexus One. Billed as a super-smart phone, the Nexus One is being positioned as a device to directly compete with Apple’s iPhone and Research in Motion’s BlackBerry.
Google’s new phone has been built to its specifications by HTC of Taiwan. Google’s Mario Queiroz said the new Android device is easily a “super phone” and called it the finest example of the web meeting the phone.
Nexus One is a sleek device with dimensions of 119 x 59.8 x 11.5 mm. It weighs just about 130 grams including the battery. It boasts of a 3.7-inch widescreen WVGA AMOLED touchscreen along with 100,000:1 typical contrast ratio.
Powered by the Qualcomm QSD 8250 1 GHz, the Google Nexus One runs on the Android Mobile Technology Platform 2.1. It has an internal memory of 512 MB along with 512 MB flash memory. Overall the phone’s capacity is 4 GB with a Micro SD card expandable up to 32 GB.
The Nexus One has a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash and autofocus. The AGPS receiver allows users to include the location of the photographs. The phone has the ability to capture video at 720×480 pixels at 20 frames per second or higher, depending on lighting conditions.
The Nexus One can be used for up to 5 hours to browse the Internet through 3G and for 6.5 hours through Wi-Fi.
Google will sell the unlocked version of the Nexus One direct from google.com/phone at a price of $529. Users opting to buy from T-Mobile will have to pay $179 and sign a two-year contract that costs $79.99 a month.
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