Hasta La Gadget!

So apparently the cats over at Gizmodo have gotten their hands on leaked pics of the Nexus One‘s landing and purchase page. First, the meat. According to the pages, the phone will be available in two ways: as a $529.99 unsubsidized and unlocked device, and as a $179.99 T-Mobile device locked to a two year contract. Sound familiar? It should, because it’s exactly the same story as every other phone available on the market right now. Additionally, the pics seem to suggest that there will only be one plan available should you get the device on contract — 500 minutes of talk time, unlimited text, data, and mobile to mobile for $79.99 — which happens to exactly equal what you’d pay for a T-Mobile Even More 500 plan with unlimited smartphone data and unlimited messaging, so that means there’s no bogus premium here. Furthermore, Giz claims that if you cancel your contract within 120 days you have to pay a $350 fee (a la Verizon) or return the phone to Google, and any existing customer that wishes to buy the phone has to switch to the Nexus One plan.

One thing that caught our eye is a mention of personalization — you’ll be able to get the phone engraved, something that we’ve been able to independently confirm through another tipster of ours. It looks like you can do two lines of text on a metallic bar on the back of the device… just don’t expect to return it if you do (seriously, it says right in the terms of service that you’re married to that thing if you get it etched).

To be perfectly honest, it’s hard to say if this is the real deal or not. We don’t get why Google would want to lock you into a single plan, nor do we fully understand why you would need to activate your phone via the website (as shown in the grab). Of course, the big G sometimes works in mysterious ways — perhaps they’re going for a little Apple magic here with restrictive plans and draconian ideas about how you can use the phone. It wouldn’t be surprising given the timing of the company’s little event next week. Don’t worry, all will be revealed soon enough.

Update: Well what do you know. We’ve just been hit with a few photos of our own, apparently straight from HTC training materials, according to a tipster. And what else? Oh yes — a PDF of the terms of sale, which you can download and view right here.

Allegedly leaked Nexus One purchase page answers, raises questions (update: we’ve got the terms of sale) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It manages to never actually call out the device by name, but T-Mobile’s thrown up some internal verbiage mentioning that “Google… is scheduled to launch a new Android device in early January.” That would line up with information we’d previously received reporting to some sort of January 5 launch, and we can only assume they’re talking about the Nexus One here — though the name could still change by the time this hits retail channels. Interestingly, T-Mobile calls out that Google and HTC will be directly responsible for support on the handset, bypassing T-Mobile for everything other than wireless service — the great “dumb pipe” dream, realized. Stay tuned, because it looks like this is all about to get real.

T-Mobile makes internal mention of Nexus One (sort of) for ‘early January’ release originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The slow steady drip of details from the yet to be announced Nexus One continues today with a pair of accessories for the HTC / Google mashup. Above we’ve got a wireframe of the portrait-mode Desktop Dock to be known as model CR B410. What’s unusual here is the inclusion of Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR in the dock when the Nexus One is already Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR capable. After all, we’ve heard that the handset includes a docking connector at its base so what additional functionality would the second Bluetooth radio provide? That mystery aside, the FCC test report also shows a configuration where the dock is tethered via an AV-jack to a DVD player to help pull your multimedia off the slate and into the living room. We’ve also grabbed a shot of the Nexus One navigating inside a car with the help of a dashboard clip mount — check it after the break along side another FCC pic.

[Thanks, elli8ness]

Continue reading Nexus One Bluetooth desktop dock clears the FCC, car clip spotted in the wilds

Nexus One Bluetooth desktop dock clears the FCC, car clip spotted in the wilds originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Continue reading Google Nexus One stands with iPhone and Hero, interface gets a 5-minute walkthrough

Google Nexus One stands with iPhone and Hero, interface gets a 5-minute walkthrough originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Our buddy Tnkgrl just had a sit down with Google and HTC’s lovedroid, the Nexus One. She “wasn’t allowed” to take pictures or video but she came away with plenty of detail. The biggest point of clarification might not be what’s included in the handset, but what’s missing: multitouch. She confirms, “no multitouch support in the browser or in Google Maps,” just like Verizon’s Droid (but available on its European Milestone brother). The unit she tested included a 4GB microSD card, 1400mAh battery, worked on T-Mobile’s 3G only (AT&T is limited to EDGE data), and was “super snappy! Faster than the Droid.” She also noted “gold contacts” along the bottom edge presumably for a docking port thus jibing with whispers of a Nexus One Car Dock accessory. Now hit the read link for all the details if you still have the strength.

P.S. We should probably clarify that while the Google Apps tested don’t respond to multitouch, the OS and hardware are presumably multitouch capable. See our previous exhaustive analysis of this topic if you’re wondering why.

Google’s Nexus One lacks multitouch originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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