Google today unveiled the Samsung Nexus S, the first Android device running Android 2.3 a.k.a Gingerbread. Spec wise, the device comes with a 4″ WVGA screen, a 1GHz Hummingbird processor, NFC support, 16GB of internal storage, 512MB of RAM, a gyroscope and VoIP support. Camera wise, it comes with a 5MP camera on the back […]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Hate Steve Jobs, the iPhone, and Apple if that’s your prerogative, but the reality is that signal attenuation affects most any smartphone you can think of. Like Steve Jobs mentioned, no company has yet figured out a way to get around the laws of physics. In any event, reports of similar reception problems surfaced back […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Comments Off on Nexus One to walk into the sunset
Nexus One, Google’s homegrown smartphone, is on its last legs. Google announced this past weekend that the most recent shipment of Nexus One devices they received will be their last.
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Comments Off on Putting Google’s Froyo claims to the test vs. an iPhone and an HTC HD2
Google last week made some grandiose claims about how fast the web browser in its latest Android update, dubbed Froyo, is. And oh yes, did we mention that Froyo runs Adobe’s Flash player 10.1 Beta? Well, Pocketnow decided to put Google’s claims to the test and conducted some browser speed tests with the iPhone, a Nexus […]
Continue reading...Friday, May 14, 2010
Comments Off on Google to abandon web sales of Nexus One
The growing popularity and number of handsets running Google’s Android OS is impressive, but you can’t really say the same thing about Google’s own smartphone effort, the Nexus One. Looking to remedy that and improve sales, Google announced today plans to expand the retail availibility of the device through increased cooperation with carriers at brick […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 11, 2010
The effect is never as high as the mark-up. Despite an onslaught of hype and a seemingly unprecedented amount of targeted web promotion, the Nexus One smartphone from Google has done little, if anything, to give the iPhone a run for its money. Chief among its problems is that it’s currently relegated solely to T-Mobile. […]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Comments Off on In controlled test, iPhone’s capacitive touchscreen still reigns supreme
Back in January, the Moto Development Group tested the efficiency and accuracy of capacitive touchscreens across a number of devices. When the dust settled, the iPhone’s touchscreen reigned supreme. But not everyone was convinced that the testing was all that telling, particularly because it was done with a human finger, making the test prone to […]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Comments Off on Comparing the Nexus One OLED screen to the iPhone’s LCD screen
By all accounts, the Nexus One’s OLED screen is breathtaking, but when you match it up with the iPhone’s LCD screen, which comes out on top? MobileCrunch has an in-depth comparison that’s worth checking out over here.
Continue reading...Thursday, February 18, 2010
Comments Off on Google first approached Sony Ericcson to manufacture the Nexus One
Say what you will about Android, but there’s no denying that Google’s Nexus One smartphone, which is manufactured by HTC, is by far the most aesthetically pleasing Android phone on the market. As it turns out, though, HTC was not Google’s first choice when they went shopping around for a manufacturer. In a published interview […]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Comments Off on Sweeping multitouch comes to the Nexus One
Google yesterday announced that it had issued a software update for Nexus One users to enable broad multitouch functionality, including the much desired “pinch to zoom” feature for Google Maps. A few months ago, we reported that the initial Android phone, the G1, didn’t include multi-touch functionality because Apple asked Google not to implement it. […]
Continue reading...Sunday, January 24, 2010
Comments Off on Andy Ihnatko on the Nexus One
Chicago Sun-Times columnist and MacBreak weekly mainstay Andy Ihnatko recently penned a review of the Google Nexus One. As with every other “iPhone killer” to come down the pipeline, Ihnatko found the Nexus One to be the best of the Android bunch, but far from a true threat to the iPhone. Here are a few […]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Comments Off on Google sells just 20,000 units of the Nexus One
Despite an onslaught of hype, the Nexus One “super-smartphone” from Google failed to impress in its first week, selling just 20,000 units in its first week according to the market analytics firm Flurry. Flurry monitors the usage of more than 10,000 developer applications on iPhone and Android platforms. It tracks over 25 million end user […]
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