Nexus One: new Google Phone?!

December 14th, 2009 - 11:57 pm by Wajiha H.
Everybody is excited about this Google Phone release which seems to be all over the internet right now. We don’t know for sure if it’s right or wrong but we know this much that something is definitely cooking and it is interesting! Now Google has not been very vocal about this and so nothing can be confirmed right now. According to reliable sources a set is in the works definitely which will be sold by Google itself.
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These first photos reports of this phone make one thing pretty clear though, which is, the phone seems to be an HTC Dragon (or HTC Passion) and is codenamed Google Nexus One. The specs which are being suspected that the Nexus One will be equipped with also seem to be just the same as the HTC Dragon - Snapdragon CPU, 3.7" AMOLED display, 5MP camera, touchscreen bar form factor. By the way, the HTC Bravo has a similar hardware too.

Now we have heard that the new Nexus One is built by HTC (no surprise here) with a lot of input from Google and it runs Android 2.1. There are some differences though like a touch of 3D in the app tray, a bit of WebOS gadgetry with a preview of all homescreen pages. Preloaded are Google Navigation (in the US) and the new Google Goggles, which identifies objects (e.g. the Golden Gate Bridge) by using the camera and gives relevant info about them.

The rumours also say that the device works on both AT&T and T-Mobile networks in the US. Engadget have revealed a report from the FCC about the Nexus One passing their tests. The interesting part is has quad-band GSM support and 850/1700/1900MHz 3G support, which covers both AT&T and T-Mobile indeed.

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