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iPad A4 processor vs iPhone 3G S Cortex A8, Nexus One Snapdgragon processor

admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:04:44 +0000

Apart from a larger and better resolution touchscreen display, the iPad also boasts of a brand new chip running at the core, an Apple A4 1GHz processor to be exact. So, how does this new processor stack up against Cortex A8 processor of the iPhone 3G S and the Nexus One’s 1GHz Snapdragon processor?

Source: PMP

Verizon Nexus One Release DATE

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:22:02 +0000

While neither a Verizon Nexus Onedeal nor a Verizon Apple iPhone deal have been confirmed, online chatter this week says the VerizonNexus One will be announced March 23. The CDMA Nexus One is expected to be announced March 23 at CTIA 2010 in Las Vegas says reports.

Source: Lalate

Nexus One vs iPhone 3GS 3D Performance Comparison

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:35:02 +0000

The folks at a game development company Distinctive Developments have posted a cool video comparison of the Nexus One and iPhone 3GS. As you can see in the image below, the 3GS is doing 60 frames per second and the Nexus One is doing 31 frames per second.

Source: fone Arena

Nexus One running Opera Mobile

admin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:45:00 +0000

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

Google’s new Nexus One phone is genius

admin — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:26:46 +0000

Highlight of the review of the Nexus One from JS Online:
A few weeks later I must admit, I’m not just impressed – I’m overwhelmed. I haven’t felt this way about a gadget since the original iPhone. The Nexus One isn’t just good – it’s great – a stunning production of simplicity, practicality and efficiency making it a very compelling creation.

was no delay opening, closing and using apps, whether they were Google-made or popular third-party apps such as Facebook, YouTube or dozens of others downloaded from the Android Market. Software really screams on the Nexus One, and it’s a welcome change from the sometimes seconds-long app delay on other devices.

The Nexus One is Google’s phone, and it plays extremely well with Google services. For Googlers using Gmail, Google Calendar, Gchat and the Picasa online photo album, the Nexus One pulls in information with frightening speed and efficiency after a one-time log-in.

Images stashed in Picasa appear seamlessly in the phone’s Gallery application – it takes a second to differentiate between online photos and pictures you’ve taken with the Nexus One’s 5-megapixel camera, which even has a flash!

Appointments scheduled through Nexus One’s calendar app appear instantly in the associated Google Calendar online. Even Google’s chat runs smoothly with no hint of stutter or delay.

The Nexus One also connects seamlessly to Google Voice, the company’s Web-based telecommunications service, which gives users a free phone number, voice mail tools and other features.

The Nexus One’s Killer Feature: The Camera (mashable.com)

Google Nexus One vs. Palm Pre Plus

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:32:54 +0000

Verizon Palm Pre Plus Vs. The Google Nexus One.
Both offer native multitouch, fantastic web browsers, and top notch multitasking, but differ in processer, memory and text entry.
In this smackdown Techno Buffalo compare:

Specs
Browser
Speed
Navigation
App Stores
Notifications
Multitasking

Nexus One Sales: Slow Month is No Surprise

admin — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:54:26 +0000

Sales of Google’s Nexus One didn’t improve over the smartphone’s first month
according to Flurry, the same firm that reported limp debut week sales.
Flurry says Google sold 80,000 Nexus Ones in January, after selling 20,000 during week one, the Wall Street Journal reports. Those figures aren’t official; they’re based on mobile app usage by newly-detected phones, divided by the types of phones detected. The numbers suggest that Nexus One sales haven’t significantly sped up or slowed down over the course of a month.

By comparison, Flurry says Apple’s iPhone sold 600,000 units in its first month, and Motorola’s Droid sold 575,000 units (an interesting comparison in itself).

Read the full story on PC World

Google’s Nexus One Adds Multi-Touch Capabilities

admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:15:59 +0000

Google has announced that its Nexus One smartphone will be up-graded.

The new up-grade will include multi-touch capabilities, enabling the phone to work in a similar way to Apple’s iPhone, in that users can pinch their fingers to zoom in and out. A feature that other smartphones such as the Palm Pre already came installed with.

The new up-grade will also include additional software improvements and fixes to technical bugs. It will tackle some of the commonly complained about 3G problems.

One of the software improvements is to the Maps application, making it a lot easier for users to save places of interest and revisit them at a later date. The maps application will also be enriched with a night mode, which will automatically adjust the users screen if they are viewing maps in the dark.

The up-dates can be downloaded directly onto the Nexus One via the phone’s internet, without having to go into a store or onto a computer.

Source: Fresh Business Thinking

The Google Nexus One Review : Meet The New Google Phone

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:31:08 +0000

Tom’s Guide has a review of the Google Nexus One. Here are some of the highlights:
Today, the Nexus One is readily available in the US for T-Mobile, and in the spring of this year will be available on Verizon and Vodafone (Europe). While the price is good for a device meant to compete with today’s best smartphones, the Nexus One does not deliver the same quality and finish as other models, both on the hardware and software fronts.
Hardware letdowns: the trackball is useless and shouldn’t be there in the first place. The glass is not properly aligned with the screen, which makes it easy to accidentally press outside of the touch-sensitive parts of the glass.

Yet, the hardware in the Nexus One is also one of the best designs of an Android model to date. While the Droid is bulkier and larger-than-life, the Nexus One is subtle yet powerful. The lack of video playback greatly limits the extraordinary screen quality, though Google has made sure that there are enough gimmicky graphical additions to soothe concerned customers.

Because of the current faulty network, we can’t recommend the Nexus One currently for professionals, who cannot afford drop calls. This may change, as Google has officially stated they are now looking into fixing the problem. The Nexus One is also set to release in the US on Verizon’s network, which according to Consumer Reports is the top carrier nationwide.

As far as Android devices go, the Nexus One is definitely the best. Its speed and general use, as well as the fast growing number of available applications, makes the device an adept competitor to today’s smartphones. It doesn’t beat today’s standard, the iPhone, or some of its better competitors like the Palm Pre, but it can certainly take third place.

Walmart Not Getting Nexus One, Leaked Product Page Described As “Technical Error” [Nexus One] (gizmodo.com)

Google Nexus One smartphone

admin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:25:41 +0000

NOT SINCE Apple’s Iphone came out has another mobile device garnered so many column inches, but then not since the original Iphone has a real contender hit the market. The Nexus One doesn’t have to beat all comers, but it has to beat the Iphone and in almost every way it does just that.

For Google, the Nexus One represents the first consumer oriented physical product it has produced and as debuts go, the search giant takes the biscuit with fantastic hardware and software both. By using HTC’s Bravo the hardware in most cases far surpasses that of anything that’s out there now, with the exception of HTC’s own HD2.

In Short

The Nexus One is great package. You get cutting edge hardware coupled to an operating system that is far better than Windows Mobile and far more customisable than on the Iphone. There’s very little to dislike including the fact that the Nexus is trying to stick it to Jobs’ Mob through offering greater openness. Google says the Nexus will arrive in Blighty sometime in the Spring and we say that’s enough notice for you to start saving up now.

The Good
Superb hardware specification, runs Android.

The Bad
Application incompatibilities between Android devices.

The Ugly
Not directly available in the UK yet.

Bartender’s Score
9/10

Read the FULL review at The Inquirer