Google Nexus One Claimed to be “superphone” by the company, it is the search giant’s latest attempt to grab a share of the booming smartphone market popularised by Apple iPhone. Aimed at protecting its online advertising, the phone challenges the likes of Apple, Blackberry and.
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Google phone Nexus Specifications:
* Operating system: Android 2.1
* Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHZ.
* Quad-band GSM and 3G support.
* WVGA high resolution touch screen with accelerometer and other sensors.
* On screen keyboard and Trackball navigation.
* Google mobile applications.
* 5 mega pixel autofocus camera with dual LED flash.
Nexus One has a 5-megapixel camera which includes an LED flash and takes MPEG 4 videos. The device also has a trackball which pulses light to alert users of events like new emails or SMSes. The phone also has light and proximity sensors, besides a compass and accelerometer. The light sensor will automatically dim the display when a bright light is not needed.
The proximity sensor also dims the display light when a user moves the phone to the ear to talk. The phone has two microphones — one in the front and one at the back — enabling noise cancellation (especially useful if you’re in a noisy place). The software, Android version 2.1, builds on Android 2.0, and users can place widgets across five home screens instead of three. Android 2.1 voice enables every text field in the device. That means users can speak Twitter messages, Facebook posts and email messages and the phone will convert them to text to send.
Nexus One also includes a 3D photo gallery and live wallpapers (the background images sit behind widgets, and are animated. For instance, Quieroz gave a demo of a photo of a small lake with leaves floating in the water. Touching it created ripples on the water). The device also supports popular Google applications such as Gmail, Google Voice and Google Maps Navigation.
The building market momentum behind Android is unmistakeable. “In-Stat believes new OSs such as Android will cut away at Symbian’s market share,” says Allen Nogee, In-Stat analyst. “Although there are relatively few open source OS-based smartphones in the market today, the open source OS momentum is difficult to ignore. After years of hype, it is easy to see that 2010 will be the year of Android.”
In-Stat believes the stakes are high. Gone are the days when the basis of competition was solely defined by hardware. Software is becoming the key in determining the user experience. If, however, a particular OS does not garner developer support, then the result could be disastrous, according to In-Stat analysts.
Google, say analysts, has also upset telcos which cut three-way deals with phone makers and operating system vendors to sell phones exclusively on their network. They attempt to sign-up users with two-year contracts and data services. However, Google, on its part, offers carrier-independent models, too, which implies that telcos would have to compete on pricing and the quality of their networks rather than exclusive deals for hot phones.
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