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Nexus One Car Dock On Its Way!

Arjun Komath — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 06:55:53 +0000

The car dock uses bluetooth to communicate with the Nexus One and automaticallyestablishes a connection when the phone is inserted. The Car Home application is then launched with allows the user easy access to Maps and Navigation, Contacts, and Voice Search. Built-in speakers provide music playback and calls using the speaker phone.

The Nexus One Car Dock is the perfect place to put your phone when you’re in the car. In addition to holding your Nexus One, the car dock also charges your phone’s battery, lets you use your phone handsfree, and provides easier access to voice and navigation apps.

The dock’s built-in speakers and volume controls also enhance the in-car music and media experience. And the Car Home app, which loads automatically, makes it easy to access Maps and Navigation, Voice Search, Contacts, and Music.

This is the first official Accessories that is directly available from the Google Website.

[via Nexus One Help and AndroidAndMe]

Google Nexus One Display is not true WVGA ?

Arjun Komath — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:17:05 +0000

AMOLED good, LCD bad, right? When it comes to the Nexus One, things might not be so clear-cut. Frustrated by what he describes as “swizzled” edges to what should’ve been clean, crisp text and graphics, Nexus One owner Luke Hutchison took a magnifier to the smartphone’s AMOLED panel and discovered that while WVGA may be the resolution HTC and Google claim, the actual resolution could be more like 392 x 653.

That’s because of the way the display uses color in its pixels. It turns out that, rather than each pixel having all three color channels (red, blue and green) they actually have either a blue/green or red/green pair, with the blue or red pixel being double-width. The technology is called PenTile, and there are various justifications for using it that include apparently extending blue pixel longevity.

So, when you add up the number of RGB triplets on the display, you get the lower 392 x 653 resolution. That’s apparently why the Nexus One display – while brighter and richer in color than that of the LCD-based DROID – has text that is less sharp than the Motorola smartphone. There’s far more to it than that, of course, but the underlying issue is that the AMOLED display Google and HTC used doesn’t quite deliver what buyers probably thought they were getting.

[via IntoMobile]

The improved Nexus one is here!

Arjun Komath — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:43:46 +0000

Great news to all the android fans out there, Google has launched their improved Google nexus, that now supports 3G, in AT&T and Roger’s Wireless. This reveals google’s urge to get back into the smartphone war. Google really wants to get back into the market, most probably to take the place of iPhone.

Google Inc’s Nexus One smartphone will soon be available to subscribers of Sprint Nextel Corp, the second US wireless service provider to announce an agreement to support the touchscreen phone.

Currently, the Nexus One is available only as a version that works with the GSM network, for $179 with a two-year contract on Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile USA, or $529 without a service plan.

Google’s arrival in Europe delayed?

Arjun Komath — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:10:10 +0000

Problems with its Nexus One handset may mean that Google will be unable to deliver the product to mass European markets, like the UK, until the middle of next month.

Technical problems that dogged the smart phone’s introduction in the US are believed to be the reason for the delay as the internet giant strives to avoid the same issues again when it debuts in the UK.

Manufactured by HTC, the Nexus One is the first Android-based device that Google has had complete control over.

The company decided from the outset to sell the device solely through its website. However, it ran into problems when customers reported technical problems.

Google, which traditionally ran customer support through email, was forced to introduced telephone support to remedy the problem.

In the UK, Google has offered to sell customers the device at full price via its website. The company has also entered into a deal with Vodafone where users can get the device for free if they sign up to a stg£35 per month contract.

The technical support hitches in the US caused Goldman Sachs to revise its estimates for sales of the device from 3.5m to 1m in 2010.

[ By John Kennedy ]

Nexus One witnesses a drop in sales

Arjun Komath — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:12:24 +0000

As forecasted Nexus one didn’t cater to its performance, instead it witnessed a dip of nearly 70 per cent in sales.

According to the reports of ZDNet, it was estimated that the Google’s super phone would be a hit and would gather a sale of at least 3.5 million units in 2010. But the phone failed miserably as now it is posed for only a million sales in total.

It is believed that the dismay caused is primarily due to the limited marketing and customer service issues, which cropped up after the phone’s release. As per initial reports, Google sold 20,000 units in the first week, and 80,000 in the first month, both annualizing to 1.0 million only.

This is in sync with the decision to include Motorola in the kitty to boost the sales. Meanwhile, it still remains as a question, what Google will offer next to boost the sales.

Google To Launch Cheaper, Stripped Down Nexus One in India

Arjun Komath — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:43:56 +0000

Google may launch a more affordable version of its Nexus One smartphone with less features to attract users from emerging economies like India and Russia.

After an short interview (or editorial meeting) with the Managing Director of Google India, Shailesh Rao and Gaurav Bhaskar, Global Communications & Public Affairs Manager at Google India, Ankit Vengurlekar, Anchor and Producer at CNBC TV In India, wrote on his Twitter account that “Nexus One will not come to India in its US avatar, the India specific Google Phone may be a stripped down version and priced lower!”

The original Nexus One phone is available in the US for $529 excluding delivery and value added Tax and it would be interesting to see whether Google keeps the same moniker, Nexus One, for that version or adopts a new one like Nexus One Micro (or mini, like the N97 Mini).

More interestingly, we’d be quite intrigued to know if the model will be launched in India only or whether it will be available to other more mature markets.

Based on previous “downsizing” exercises, one can expect that the prospective Nexus One Micro will have a smaller screen, less memory, a blander box and possibly a less capable processor.

(Thanks to Amit from Labnol for the headsup)

Read more: http://www.itproportal.com/portal/news/article/2010/3/5/breaking-google-launch-cheaper-stripped-down-nexus-one/#ixzz0hXqTHITW