Jan 05

Google’s Nexus One is official

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We know, you’re so surprised. Google’s finally confirmed the Nexus One. We’ve naturally heard all about the phone already from dubious sources, and even reviewed the purported device, but now that they’ve got one in hand up on a stage, we suppose we’ll have to set aside all of our doubts. So, the nitty gritty: 3.7-inch AMOLED display, 1GHz Snapdragon processor, compass, GPS, accelerometer, light and proximity sensor, 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, 3.5mm headphone jack, and a multicolored LED under the trackball. There are also two mics onboard, one on the bottom and one on the back, for the purpose of noise cancellation à la Motorola’s CrystalTalk, and the phone is naturally running the brand new Android 2.1. The phone is actually HTC branded, unlike the pre-release versions we’ve seen, and can be custom engraved with two lines of text at the time of order, for that extra personal touch (there’s a picture of the phone’s back after the break). The phone is available today off contract with a T-Mobile compatible radio for $529 unlocked, shipping to the US, UK, Singapore and Hong Kong, or with a two year T-Mobile US contract for $179 (both with free overnight shipping in the US). Most surprisingly, the phone is also headed to Verizon this Spring, and Vodafone will score the device eventually as well.

Update: Tony couldn’t resist, and he managed to capture each step of the checkout process while ordering an unlocked Nexus One today. Hit up the gallery below if you’re into that whole “living vicariously” thing. Thanks, Tony!

Update 2: Check out the detailed T-Mobile USA pricing options here. Thanks, Kamran!

Gallery: Google Nexus One checkout process

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Google’s Nexus One is official originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 05

Live from Google’s Android press conference

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We’re live at Mountain View for Google’s super-secret Android press conference. Sure, we’ve got a pretty good idea what’ll be announced here (note: it’s probably not multitouch capabilities on Maps), but you never know, there might be a few surprises in store. The whole shebang is supposed to go down in just a little bit, so stay tuned!

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Live from Google’s Android press conference originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 05

Verizon getting Google’s Nexus One in Spring 2010

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Oh boy, you heard that right. Google’s slinging its Nexus One to Verizon in the Spring for an undisclosed amount. At a purchase page that went live during the company’s product launch event in Mountain View, users are notified that the phone will soon be available on America’s largest carrier. Two things are immediately interesting here — for starters, it’s not coming (right away, at least) to bump heads with the iPhone on AT&T, and secondly, Google is openly suggesting that you buy Motorola’s (as in, not HTC’s) Droid now if you just can’t wait a day longer for some of that Android goodness. If AT&T wasn’t scared, it should be now.

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Jan 05

Rubin on adding multitouch to the Nexus One: ‘we’ll consider it’

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Google and its partners have a track record of being clear as mud about their intentions regarding multitouch — they’re obviously all dancing around the issue, but there’s definitely some logic (probably legal logic, but logic nonetheless) behind which devices are getting it in which markets. Notably lacking multitouch, though is the flagship Nexus One — an odd device for Google to fail to pimp out in every conceivable way, we’d argue. Our man on the ground in Mountain View today pressed Android chief Andy Rubin on the matter today, asking whether we might see multitouch in a future Nexus One software update: “we’ll consider it.” That’s all we could get out of him, suggesting this is still very much a sensitive subject — but at least we have some confirmation that it’s a software limitation alone, so if nothing else, this’ll get hacked every which way within a few days of release.

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Jan 05

Nexus One hitting France at €450 contract-free?

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Nexus One hitting France at €450 contract-free?
Maybe you, like us, are a little disappointed at how the Nexus One fared in our review. It may not be the ground-breaker we’d all hoped for, but it’s still a mighty important handset, and while we’re expecting to know the full details for its American release later today it seems someone may have tipped their hat on European availability details a little early. According to Le Point, the phone will be available in France and elsewhere in Europe within the next “several weeks,” with prices at €450 for a contract-free device. However, if you don’t mind signing two years of your wireless independence away to Vodafone that price is said to drop to €200. Again, we’re still waiting to learn about pricing here in the States, but we’d expect a similar ratio here.

[Thanks, Lopez]

Nexus One hitting France at €450 contract-free? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 04

Nexus One review

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The Nexus One. In the modern climate of hyped (and over-hyped) smartphone launches, Google’s official entry into the phone-sales game has excelled in a department where many find difficulty: generating legitimate excitement. Of course, long before the name Nexus One or the recent bounty of pictures and details existed, the very concept of a “Google Phone” had been ingrained in the public conscience, predating even the Open Handset Alliance and Android itself; the company dabbled in the concept of direct sales through its offering of the Android Dev Phones 1 and 2 (alias Ion), but this time, it’s a public retail ordeal, not a couple of one-off developer specials. The genuine-article Google Phone is finally here — for better or worse.

The device, a Snapdragon-powered, HTC-built phone looks — on paper, at least — like the ultimate Android handset, combining a newly tweaked and tightened user interface with killer industrial design. A sleek, streamlined phone that can easily go toe-to-toe with the iPhone 3GSs, Pres, and Droids of the world, powered by the latest version of Android (2.1 “Flan,” if you’re counting), and hand-retooled by Google. But is it all it’s cracked up to be? Can the Nexus One possibly live up to the hype ascribed to it? And more importantly, is the appearance of the phone the death knell for the OHA and a sign of the coming Android autocracy? In our exclusive review of the Nexus One, we’ll answer all those pressing questions and more… so read on for the full scoop!

Gallery: Google Nexus One unboxing and hands-on

Note: The unit we have in hand is — by all appearances — a production model, save for the QR code imprint on the back, which is likely an employee-only Easter egg. However, Google is making its official announcement tomorrow, and there could always be differences. If anything changes with the device, or there are revelations about the marketing or sale of the phone, we’ll be sure to update the review with new info.

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Nexus One review originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 04

Google Nexus One support page goes live, quickly dies again

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Google Nexus One support page goes live, quickly dies again

Wondering how to activate your shiny new Nexus One? Curious how to get started with the thing, or how to use the 3D gallery? Oh, wait, you don’t have yours yet? Oops. Google seems to have posted its support page for the phone a little early, a little site that went live for just a few minutes — just long enough for us to click through a little, read that Terms of Service that was leaked to us last week, and watch a few videos. The first one that came up is actually the walkthrough for Android 2.0, curiously, but the other videos showed 3D photo gallery and some other goodies. Now they show nothing, though, having been set private and the pages removed. Surely they’ll be up again soon, with the device getting announced tomorrow, and while we’re still not sure exactly when you’ll be able to get your own, you’re always welcome to enjoy our hands-on impressions.

Update: Jakob wrote in to let us know that there’s another support page still alive — but barely. It just shows some funky characters, a nearly empty dropbox, and a very nice Nexus One logo.

[Thanks, Joe]

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Jan 02

Exclusive: Google Nexus One hands-on, video, and first impressions

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That’s right, humans — Engadget has its very own Nexus One. You’ve seen leaked pics and videos from all over, but we’re the first publication to get our very own unit, and we plan on giving you guys the full story on every nook and cranny of this device. In case you’ve been living under a rock, here’s the breakdown of the phone. The HTC-built and (soon to be) Google-sold device runs Android 2.1 atop a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, a 3.7-inch, 480 x 800 display, has 512MB of ROM, 512MB of RAM, and a 4GB microSD card (expandable to 32GB). The phone is a T-Mobile device (meaning no 3G if you want to take it to AT&T), and includes the standard modern additions of a light sensor, proximity sensor, and accelerometer. The Nexus One has a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, and we have to say so far the pictures it snaps look pretty decent (and the camera software is much faster than the same component on the Droid). The phone is incredibly thin and sleek — a little thinner than the iPhone — but it has pretty familiar HTC-style industrial design. It’s very handsome, but not blow-you-away good looking. It’s a very slim, very pocketable phone, and feels pretty good in your hand. Thought you’d have to wait for that Google event for more on the Nexus One? Hell no — so read on for an in-depth look. C’mon, you know you want to.

Gallery: Google Nexus One unboxing and hands-on

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Dec 30

Nexus One trounces 3D benchmark, gets caught in high-res photoshoot

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Just when you thought you’d seen it all with Nexus One, along comes an old friend with some higher resolution shots of the handset (hooray!) and a pretty impressive 3D benchmark test using Qualcomm’s Neocore. Video’s after the break –that Snapdragon chip outputs a mean framerate, no?

Update: Also on hand after the break is a high-quality video of the UI — ten minutes of it, to be exact. Just a warning, there’s a brief NSFW clip from Californication at around the two minute mark. With that said, grab some popcorn and enjoy!

Update 2: The original YouTube video was pulled. We’ve uploaded a new copy and embedded below.

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Dec 30

Nexus One rooted already?

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No, you still can’t have one (not yet, at least), but we’ve received a number of tips directing us Modaco forums, where admin Paul claims to have rooted Google’s not-so-mysterious Nexus One. We can’t validate the “superboot” file works, but the adjacent picture has popped up from another forum member as apparent anecdotal confirmation. Instructions for Windows, Linux, and OS X users can be found along with the necessary materials. What do you say, hacker community, any chance we can get multitouch loaded into the device before it ever becomes official to the world at large?

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Nexus One rooted already? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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