Jan 9, 2010 – Google just announced their new wireless phone called the Nexus One. Now this isn’t a photography product per say, but seeing how the iPhone has been so popular for on-the-go digital photography, we shouldn’t overlook this latest addition to the smartphone market.
The Nexus One features a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon™ chipset making it as powerful as your laptop of three to four years ago. The display is an AMOLED WVGA that measures 3.7” with a resolution of 480×800. It has a 5MP auto focus camera with an LED flash and geo tagging capabilities. 512MB of RAM is included with 512MB of onboard Flash memory for file storage and is expandable to 32GB using a removable SD card. The 3.5mm headphone jack has four contacts for inline voice and remote control. Unlike the iPhone, the 1400mAh battery is removable.
The Nexus One runs on Android 2.1 which offers advanced applications and features including:
- Google Maps Navigation with turn-by-turn driving directions and voice output.
- Multiple Gmail accounts and Exchange server support.
- The phone book allows you to aggregate contacts from multiple sources including Facebook®.
- Easily switch between communication and social applications.
- Voice commands including a voice-enabled keyboard for all text fields.
- Voice activated Google search.
- Record Hi-Res MPEG4 video and upload to YouTube with one click
- Voicemail transcription
You can purchase the Nexus One from the Google web store in the US without service for $529 or starting at $179 with a two-year contract from T-Mobile. In the near future Verizon Wireless in the US and Vodafone in Europe plan to offer the phone with additional operators in the coming months.
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