Sunday, August 8, 2010

Google Nexus One

Recently, while doing some net surfing, I stumbled upon a phone so amazing my eyes almost popped out. The name of this superphone is HTC Google Nexus One.
It has everything you could ask from a mobile device. Running on a 1Ghz Snapdragon processor, bundled with 512 RAM and 512 ROM, you couldn't have asked for something better. Running on the latest Android 2.1 Eclair (Now upgradeable to Android 2.2 Froyo via OTA or manual update), it's performance and speed is without doubt the best in it's class.

Plus together with it's gorgeous 3.7 inch AMOLED display (1st GEN), viewing applications and watching videos has never been better. The contrast ratio of the screen is 100000:1 and the aspect ratio is 5:3 so meaning you will be able to view movies in widescreen mode. That's not all, similar to the iPhone, Nexus One also supports pinch-to-zoom and multi-touch input thus when typing messages using the virtual keyboard, the phone will register your input more accurately.

To make things better, Nexus One also allows you the option to use Swype, a very fun and interesting method of typing messages. You only need to swipe from one alphabet to the other to form your sentences. In addition to Swype, there's also voice command where you only need to input your voice and the phone will do the rest.

The gallery of the phone is also something to be amazed by. It allows you to preview the pictures before you actually enter the album. Think Iris on Mozilla. The menu also has a very cool 3D effect running on it thus browsing through the menu is a joy. It is powered by a 1400 Li-Ion battery with an estimated talk time of 10 hours.

One more thing to be astounded by the Nexus One is the android market. Since Android is an open source platform, this enables developer to freely develop apps (applications) for the Android platform to be marketed to the masses. This is a huge advantage of the Android phone. You can get almost all the necessary apps for a reasonable price or totally free.

Currently the Nexus One is only sold in several countries excluding Malaysia. Though you can get an AP set for roughly RM 2100-2300. The Nexus One also comes with a 4GB memory card. Below are some pictures of the Nexus One.

This is the gallery of the Nexus One.


The home page.

Running on the latest Android 2.2 Froyo and it's virtual keypad.