feature: Google at the crossroads: a review of the Nexus One




Rumors of a Google phone have been around for years now. Even after the release of the T-Mobile G1 (HTC Dream), through the various other incarnations of Android on devices from Motorola, Samsung, Acer, and a slew of other manufacturers, there continued to be talk of how this wasn’t the “real Android,” that Google itself would release a final, real, “Google Phone.” And so, on January 5th, the rumors finally came true with the launch of the Nexus One. The online, Google-hosted store through which the phone is sold is itself big news, but now Ars takes an in-depth look at how “super” this phone really is.

In a nutshell, the Nexus One is a best-of-breed smartphone running a modern, multitasking mobile operating system. It sports a speedy 1Ghz Snapdragon CPU from Qualcomm, 512 MB of RAM, and 512 MB of OS/Program storage. The question is, is this enough for a “no limits” device?

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