Google Nexus One Super Phone

[Rastalovich]

Google has officially unveiled the Nexus One smartphone, a handset running an advanced version of the Android operating system. The Nexus features an AMOLED display, a 1 GHz processor, and extensive speech input capabilities. The phone is available immediately either as an unlocked phone or with a two-year contract with T-Mobile. A Verizon version is expected soon.

Source: TechNewsWorld

Essentially what I'm liking about this, all the fluffy tech to one side for a moment, is that this phone proposes to be one at the quality (or arguably better, or competition) of the likes of the iPhone - but the major thing being u should be able to buy them without contracts and join whichever network u choose.

 

[cl0ck_ed]

this phone looks great competition for the iphone which seems to have a monopoly on the current market. This is what we need to drive down the price of the 3gs along with the extra competion from orange and vodafone. I hope the track ball of this phone holds up as there has been problem with trackballs on other phones by blackberry. Give it a few months so that the bugs are ironed out of the software and i'm sure this gadget will snatch part of the iphones market.

On youtube there is a video of a guy shooting his iphone 3gs with a 9mm and burning it, he did this as apple refused google voice on the iphone.

 

[cl0ck_ed]

opps double post!

 

[FarFarAway]

Frankly I don't think this will be an iPhone 'beater'. HTC just don't make good enough phones and Apple really have tied up the market with the 3GS. iPhone's are now unlocked by O² for free on contract or £6 on PayG so it's hardly hugely tied down. My contract phone is Simplicity £20 pm 600 minutes, 1200 texts and unlimited web and WiFi, as well as visual voicemail - pretty good value and more than I'll ever use.

Lack of multi-touch is sure ot let it down and if it manages a 'better web experience' than the iPhone, I will be massively impressed.

Having said that, if this makes Apple release flash compatability for the 3GS, I'll be a happy man.

 

[Rastalovich]

Noticed this evening that there are a whole load of phones being shown off at ces.

Thing that is very apparent tho is that all these phones are, even if not by tech, visually looking and acting like an iPhone.

What would seem more likely is that another generation of iPhone may hit the shelves - then Apple make something completely different again.