Hasta La Gadget!

The Nexus One aka Googlephone has been probed by hacker Android 1 at the These Are The Droids blog. By dumping the ROM file to disk and combing through its contents, the hardware could be determined by the software libraries which refer to them.

The main chip seems to be the Snapdragon from Qualcomm, which would explain the fast, snappy performance described by CNET and Buzz Out Loud’s Jason Howell, speaking on the This Week in Tech podcast. The Nexus also has an accelerometer, a proximity/light sensor, a magnetic compass, and a combination Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/FM radio. There is also reference to a pair of stereo speakers, although their hardware existence is unconfirmed.

In short, it has everything that it need to compete with the iPhone on hardware, and the Android software is improving fast. What we really want to know, though, is the resolution of the screen, which Howell describes as “super sharp”, the specs of the camera and most importantly, the battery life. Give another day and we’ll probably know that, too.

Nexus One Hardware Running List [These Are The Droids]

Photo: Cory O’Brien

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