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Google Makes the Nexus Official

January 6, 2010 12:30 pm By 4 Comments

MobileJaw-Google-NexusOne-Front In case anyone missed the big news of the day yesterday; Google made the Nexus One phone official. The community collectively laughed off Google’s claim to call the phone part of a new category entitled “Super-Phone”.

So what makes the new Nexus One so special? Well, from what I say and heard, not a heck of a lot.  It’s another Android based handset. This one built by HTC and will be carried on the T-Mobile network or available unlocked directly from Google for use on any network. Perhaps the best features are the new voice dictation on any field on the device. The demo was short, but it appeared to work fairly nicely. Of course, this isn’t an unheard of feature. Dragon has been doing this on the iPhone for a couple months now. The other cool new feature is the noise cancellation. The Nexus One has two microphones – one on the bottom and the other on the back. When you’re talking, the microphone on the back will actively listen for sounds to cancel out.  Cool, but certainly it’s not “Super” phone material.

Many have jumped at buying the unlocked version directly from Google and are seeing overnight shipping. So there should be a lot more details and thoughts floating around over the next couple days.

Are you planning on spending the big bucks for one? For me, I’m going to hang onto my $550 bucks until I see a little more reason to get this device. Let us know your thoughts on the Nexus One or NO for short. ;)

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  • http://twitter.com/mobilejaw/status/7447550762 MobileJaw

    Google Makes the Nexus Official – http://tinyurl.com/yj3na2x

  • http://www.twitter.com/DarrenHumphries Darren Humphries

    It’s a little bit odd that everyone expected this to be a game changer of a phone. The ‘NO’ (heh) is just a phone, folks. It’s a good one, maybe even great but it is not game changing.

    Some of the nice points though include the navigation app, beautiful screen, slim design, good build quality and snapdragon (1GHz) processor.

    If I didn’t have to buy…groceries for a month, I’d get it. :)

  • http://www.twitter.com/DarrenHumphries Darren Humphries

    Btw, I should mention that WIND is looking into carrying the Nexus One. It is compatible with their network.

  • http://www.MobileJaw.com Mike Temporale

    WIND should be looking at this. It’s a perfect fit for their new network. It would be cool if they could secure the Canadian version too. Then anyone from Canada that goes to Google.com/phone would see the Nexus One WIND – or NOW for short. ;)