T-Mobile stores around the country are receiving shipments of cases and protective covers for the Nexus One. Also, there’s T-Mobile branding on the boxing around the accessories. Could this mean that the Nexus One is finally being brought into T-Mobile stores and be sold normally? Maybe.

Source: TMO Today

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Up until now, Google’s new Nexus One phone, based on the Android operating system, wasn’t available for sale to Canadians. Some people got around that by ordering a phone from Google’s website and having it sent to a U.S. address. But now Google has announced Canadians can order the Nexus One phone for delivery to Canada. It has also released a second version of its Nexus One that will work on the Rogers network in Canada. Same phone and functions as the one released earlier, just different network workings inside. The Nexus One phones are unlocked, so they’ll work on most GSM networks. That means consumers won’t necessarily be locked into a single carrier when they buy a phone. It’s a boon for travellers, who can simply switch SIM cards when they reach a new country, thereby eliminating costly global roaming fees. www.google.com/phone

Source: Vancouver Sun

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The Google Nexus One has been one of the biggest launches of 2010, thanks to the Google’s name behind it.

Just a couple of months later and and the HTC’s own branded Desire was launched, with almost exactly the same spec and look, but HTC’s device comes with a couple of additions that Google decided to strip out of the device.

So, which wins?

Screen
Both the Google Nexus One and HTC Desire feature the same crisp 3.7-inch, 480×800 pixel AMOLED capacitive touchscreen.

Body
Although the Google Nexus One and HTC Desire have almost identical insides, the design is slightly different. To the naked eye, they’re the same size,but the Nexus One shaves off 2mm from the width and 0.5mm of the depth.

Navigation
We’ve already mentioned the HTC Desire’s optical trackpad and would say it’s certainly the easier way to navigate around the Android device, with more accuracy than even the touchscreen.

UI
Being a Google device rather than an HTC -branded one, the Nexus One uses the Android Vanilla UI, albeit running on Android 2.1.

Verdict
It’s a close battle, but the HTC Desire wins, thanks to its better UI (including multitouch), wider availability and optical trackpad.

Read the full comparison on Know Your Cell

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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

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It looks like Voda’s British customers might be able to buy the Nexus One starting this month, as the handset has just appeared on the carrier’s official website. Of course, the Nexus One isn’t yet available, it’s “coming soon” – but it could be launched before the end of March.

You can register for updates here.

Source: Unwired view

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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

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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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Google may be preparing to launch a stripped-down, low-cost version of its Nexus One smartphone in India, and possibly other developing markets, according to speculation on multiple Indian technology sites. The rumors appear to have originated in a tweet from a TV show producer. But irrespective of how it got started, it sure highlights the importance that Google is placing on the developing markets.

Read the full story on Venture Beat.

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Analyst firm Trefis isn’t pulling punches, saying Google can only blame itself and carrier T-Mobile for what it calls “weak” sales of the new Nexus One smartphone thus far. Trefis estimates just 80,000 of the devices were sold in the first month after they became available.

Trefis points its finger at Google for a lack of marketing effort to promote the phone and says the search giant’s Web-based storefront has thus far been inadequate.

Read the rest of the story at Phone+

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Apple on Tuesday took aim at Google’s smartphone as it accused Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC, which makes Google’s flagship Nexus One, of violating 20 of Apple’s patents, some of which were issued in the mid-1990s.

As many as 10 of those violations involve the Nexus One, Apple said in a complaint submitted Tuesday to the U.S. International Trade Organization (ITC). Apple also filed a similar lawsuit in federal court in Delaware that cited 10 different patents. That lawsuit, however, did not specify the HTC-made phones that allegedly violated Apple’s patents.

Apple did not name Google in the federal lawsuit or in the complaint filed with the ITC.

Apple also revealed that it was among the first customers to purchase a Google Nexus One. To prove it had examined the device, it bought the smartphone on Jan. 5, 2010, the first day Google put it up for sale on its Web store.

Read the full story on Computer World.

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