The so-called Google Phone, which we know will be going by the Nexus One moniker, has been making headlines lately with bits of information making their way to the press one way or the other. First billed as an internal experiment by Google, the company didn’t really make a convincing case and the evidence kept piling up that it was heading to the consumer market soon enough. The final details and two almost ‘official’ confirmations poured in today, making the Nexus One pretty much a sure thing. Interestingly, the invitations Google sent out as well as the leaked screenshots of the phone’s landing page, which isn’t live yet, confirm Google’s upcoming logo major redesign.
Shortly after Google handed out the phone to its employees, poor quality images of the device and the interface started popping up online. But it’s only when the specs of the phone came out that things got really interesting. All the signs pointed that Nexus One would be the Android phone to own leaving the much-touted Motorola Droid in the dust.
Things quieted down after that, with the occasional video of the device and a perspective launch date. Now though, we’re treated to a deluge of information, from T-Mobile, which will carry the device, from Google and also from a couple of ‘leaks’.
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