Just two days after Google unveiled Android OS 2.2, the Nexus One has received an upgrade to the new version.
The latest version of Google’s mobile operating system is the first to include tethering and portable hotspot software.

It is required for devices to run Adobe Flash Player 10.1, which allows the web browser to fully make use of websites that use Flash for navigation, games, and showing video.

Android OS 2.2 also contains a number of other small enhancements, but none of the changes significantly change the platform.

Source: Brighthand

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Phandroid has pointed out a very interesting rumor circulating amongst the French. According to Smartphone France, the Nexus One is set to receive an over-the-air update in the coming days.

Source: Android Guys.

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WireFly are always hard at work evaluating the latest and greatest phones and they have written a nice little summary comparison of the Google Nexus One vs HTC Incredible:

In several critical areas, the HTC Incredible is the Nexus One trapped in a different body. Both devices are Android-powered phones made by HTC, and share the same amount of RAM and same 1GHz Snapdragon processor. While the Google Nexus One runs the vanilla version of Android known widely as the Google Experience, the Incredible uses HTC’s custom-designed user interface built over top of Android. The Incredible also has a more powerful camera than the Nexus One

Source: Android Spin

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A new Android 2.1 update for Nexus One has been leaked. If you were hoping for Flash Player in this build, you will be disappointed as Flash isn’t included in this build. It does give some performance improvements, but not by much.

Source: Redmond Pie.

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Here’s a video of Flash Player 10.1, Adobe’s latest and greatest, on Google Nexus One. It’s all very exciting – unless you happen to look at the clock and the phone’s battery indicator which shows that, after playing around with Flash Player 10.1 for a whole 6 minutes (4:00pm to 4:06pm), the battery goes from approximately 50% to 25%:

Flash Player 10.1 on Google Nexus One from michael chaize on Vimeo.

Source: Mac Daily News

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Wirefly Cell Phone Schmack Down: Motorola Droid vs. Google Nexus One in an epic battle of two of the hottest Android smartphones on the market. Which phone will come out on top?

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Sony Ericsson’s Chief Executive Bert Norberg has told a Swedish publication that Google wanted Sony Ericsson to build the Android-running, Snapdragon-powered smartphone, the Nexus One. As CEO Norberg revealed, Sony Ericsson had actually turned down the request, claiming that they were only loyal to Sony Ericsson and to stick with making their own in-house hardware.

Source: Android Community

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Opera delivered to smartphone makers a toolkit for getting Opera Mobile preloaded onto Android based handsets.

Opera Software does state that it is not a consumer product, but an OEM offering, and that they hope to get Opera Mobile preinstalled on Android handsets by the end of the year. Check out the video below and enjoy.

Source: Phones Review

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Almost identical internally to the Nexus One, the Desire has the gorgeous HTC Sense user interface running on top of Android 2.1. However, developer Modaco has begun the port to get Sense onto a rooted Nexus One!

According to Modaco’s site, here is what we know about the porting process so far:

• If you rebuild the boot image replacing the kernel it runs. I’m running my own custom kernel with himem and bits.
• The system.img doesn’t fit on the N1 (!), it’s nearly 200MB. I booted by moving some stuff off the system partition.
• The trackball works.
• The 4 bottom keys work.
• The proximity sensor works.
• The LED works.
• The light sensor works.
• The compass and G sensor work.
• The camera works fine and is great with face recognition and touch focus.
• The FM radio loads, but makes no sound / finds no stations it seems. Maybe we need Desire radio ROM?
• Flash 10.1 is included and works well.
• It’s FAST!

Source: Into Mobile

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As expected, the Desire is nothing more than a Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Nexus One, but with the HTC Sense UI that many are claiming to be critical to having a proper Android experience.

It’s 119 mm tall, 60 mm wide, 11.9 mm thick, with a weight of 135 grams. Where that extra 5 grams comes from is a mystery since the Google Phone weighs only 130 grams. It runs the latest version of Android, 2.1, has a 1 GHz Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM) Snapdragon processor, 576 MB of RAM, quadband GSM/EDGE, dual band (900 MHz, 2100 MHz) 7.2 Mbps HSPA, 1400 mAh battery, WiFi, GPS, accelerometer, compass, and all the other stuff typically associated with a high end smartphone.

HTC say this device will come out in early Q2, and T-Mobile UK recently shot out a tweet saying that they’re going to be selling this device starting March 26th. No word on USA availability.

Source: Into Mobile.

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