Google have today launched their own branded Nexus One mobile in the US, the ‘superphone’ has been tipped to be a big rival for Apples iPhone. This thinner than a pencil” phone made by HTC has a 3.7-inch active matrix organic LED (AMOLED) touchscreen with a 480 by 800 pixel wide VGA display and a Teflon-coated body. The Nexus One has a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU which is currently only available in a few other handsets, GPS, digital compass, accelerometer and light and proximity sensor. There is also a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, 35.5mm headphone jack and a second microphone on the back which is used for active noise cancelation during calls.
The Google Nexus One also runs on Android 2.1 which is an update version Eclair, and you now get 5 homescreen panels instead of 3, as well as new news and weather widgets and 3d main menu. Also on the Android 2.1 is the new API which gives devs access to the Android 3D framework which may bring along many 3D graphics applications and even games, a lot like the iPhone.
The Nexus one is currently only available in the US on contract, however it will be available here in the UK later on in the year on Vodafone, you can buy the Nexus One unlocked in the UK for around £330.
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