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Jan 6, 2010
GOOGLE LAUNCHES SMARTPHONE
S'pore to get Nexus One
By Oo Gin Lee
NEXUS ONE SPECIFICS
* THE Nexus One has a bright 3.7-inch 480x800-pixel screen, a fast Snapdragon 1 GHz processor, is as thin as a 2B pencil at 11.5mm and weighs about 130g which is the weight of a light Swiss-army knife.
* At the back, it has a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash and a metal bezel for personalised engraving.
* Other features include stereo Bluetooth for streaming music to wireless earphones and built-in active noise-cancellation technology for shutting out ambient noises when you are talking in the streets.
* Nexus One is also the first Android phone to run the latest version 2.1 of the mobile operating system.
* New features include built-in voice recognition where users can articulate commands in every single text field in the device, which means you can now compose SMS messages, search the web, e-mails, tweets and get directions to your office by just speaking into the phone. Mario Queiroz, vice-president of product management, said: 'It's an exemplar of what is possible on mobile phones. It belongs in an emerging category of devices which we call superphones.'
The Nexus One is sold by Google but manufactured by its partner, Taiwan's HTC. The Nexus One has been touted as the best Android - Google's mobile operating system - phone since the first Android phone G1 was launched 15 months ago. -- PHOTO: NEXUS ONE
SINGAPORE is one of the first four places in the world where Google's first 'own-brand' mobile phone will be available. Called the Nexus One, the phone was unveiled at a private press-only event at Google's headquarters in the United States on Tuesday. The phone is sold only through Google's very first US web store at google.com/phone and is now available for purchase. Hong Kong and Great Britain are the other two locations where the phone will ship to currently. This reporter viewed the event via a private live webcast and immediately ordered one for US$577.31 (S$806.65), which comprises US$529 for the device, US$19.99 for the power adapter and US$28.32 for shipping through DHL. Payment is made through credit-card but users will need to have a Google account. For US users, they have the option to buy the phone at the regular rate or sign-up with US telco T-Mobile for a two-year contract and enjoy a subsidised US$180 price tag. Users outside of the US can only order the unsubsidised phone, which will not be SIM-locked so customers of all three telcos here should be able to simply switch their existing SIM cards to the new phone. The Nexus One is sold by Google but manufactured by its partner, Taiwan's HTC. The Nexus One has been touted as the best Android - Google's mobile operating system - phone since the first Android phone G1 was launched 15 months ago.
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Home > Breaking News > Singapore > Story
Jan 6, 2010
GOOGLE LAUNCHES SMARTPHONE
S'pore to get Nexus One
By Oo Gin Lee
NEXUS ONE SPECIFICS
* THE Nexus One has a bright 3.7-inch 480x800-pixel screen, a fast Snapdragon 1 GHz processor, is as thin as a 2B pencil at 11.5mm and weighs about 130g which is the weight of a light Swiss-army knife.
* At the back, it has a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash and a metal bezel for personalised engraving.
* Other features include stereo Bluetooth for streaming music to wireless earphones and built-in active noise-cancellation technology for shutting out ambient noises when you are talking in the streets.
* Nexus One is also the first Android phone to run the latest version 2.1 of the mobile operating system.
* New features include built-in voice recognition where users can articulate commands in every single text field in the device, which means you can now compose SMS messages, search the web, e-mails, tweets and get directions to your office by just speaking into the phone. Mario Queiroz, vice-president of product management, said: 'It's an exemplar of what is possible on mobile phones. It belongs in an emerging category of devices which we call superphones.'
The Nexus One is sold by Google but manufactured by its partner, Taiwan's HTC. The Nexus One has been touted as the best Android - Google's mobile operating system - phone since the first Android phone G1 was launched 15 months ago. -- PHOTO: NEXUS ONE
SINGAPORE is one of the first four places in the world where Google's first 'own-brand' mobile phone will be available. Called the Nexus One, the phone was unveiled at a private press-only event at Google's headquarters in the United States on Tuesday. The phone is sold only through Google's very first US web store at google.com/phone and is now available for purchase. Hong Kong and Great Britain are the other two locations where the phone will ship to currently. This reporter viewed the event via a private live webcast and immediately ordered one for US$577.31 (S$806.65), which comprises US$529 for the device, US$19.99 for the power adapter and US$28.32 for shipping through DHL. Payment is made through credit-card but users will need to have a Google account. For US users, they have the option to buy the phone at the regular rate or sign-up with US telco T-Mobile for a two-year contract and enjoy a subsidised US$180 price tag. Users outside of the US can only order the unsubsidised phone, which will not be SIM-locked so customers of all three telcos here should be able to simply switch their existing SIM cards to the new phone. The Nexus One is sold by Google but manufactured by its partner, Taiwan's HTC. The Nexus One has been touted as the best Android - Google's mobile operating system - phone since the first Android phone G1 was launched 15 months ago.
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