The technology press are having a joyous day over the announcement of the hotly anticipated Nexus One from Google – it’s own handset manufactured by HTC and running Google Android OS. Frankly, if Google hadn’t announced the phone today they may have been swamped by journalists trying to get more details about it.

 
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Some of the specifications of the Nexus One Include:

• 3.7” WVGA AMOLED touch screen
• 800×480 pixels
• 5 Megapixel camera
• 20 fps video at 720×480
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• Wi-Fi with 802.11 b/g/n support
• Android Mobile 2.1
• Qualcomm 1Ghz Processor
• 512MB Flash
• 512MB Ram
• 4GB Micro SD Card expandable to 32GB
• 7 hours talk time using 3G (10 hours with 2G)
• 250 hours standby on 3G (290 hours with 2G)
• 5 hours Internet usage on 3G with 6.5 hours using Wi-Fi
• Haptic Feedback, Teflon coated back, second microphone for noise cancellation, light and proximity sensors, accelerometer, digital compass, Cell tower and Wi-Fi positioning and Assisted GPS

It looks like it is set for arrival in Europe in Spring 2010 on the Vodafone Network although lucky US residents can get one now either directly or with a T-Mobile contact. Google, if you are listening – any chance of sending one over? Thought not.

Visit the Google Nexus One homepage for more information.

Further Reading

• BBC: Google unveils Nexus One phone
• Wired News: Analysis: Yawn, Google Introduces iPhone Clone
• CNET News: Nexus One is way cheaper than iPhone
• Huffington Post: Nexus One Webcast VIDEO: Watch Google’s Announcement Of Its New Google Phone
• PC Magazine: Google Unleashes its Nexus One Smartphone
• Forbes: Google’s Nexus One Revolution
• Wall Street Journal: T-Mobile USA CEO: Nexus One May Show Up On Every US Carrier
• Washington Post: Google Unveils Nexus One Phone
• PC World: Five Predictions for Google’s Nexus One

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