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A Google press event was held January 5th, 2009. The purpose of this highly anticipated event was to officially unveil the popular, search engine company’s Android Smartphone, the Google Nexus One.
The buzz surrounding the phone has been tremendous for sometime now. Electronics blogs, website owners and their readers have been speculating for some time about the phone’s appearance and specs. There were many anonymous insider reports complete with entire lists of features and specifications. While reading such information was interesting and even exciting, there was no way to determine if it was true or not, at least not until now.
While the official announcement was made yesterday, the company was “scooped” by several official reviews one night before. I’m not sure if these were actual scoops. The blogs doing the reporting obviously had accurate information, complete with pictures, both which were likely supplied by Google themselves.
The Google Nexus One will first be available for purchase in the United States. Individuals can buy the phone directly from Google. They also have the choice of buying it from T-Mobile. It is a lot more expensive if individuals choose the former. Mobile handsets purchased from Google will cost $529 (£331). Individuals willing to sign a 2 year contract with T-Mobile will be able to buy the phone for a mere $179 (£112). After it is released in the U.S., it will be available in Europe via Vodafone.
The Google Nexus’s specs are very nice. The phone includes a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash, 3.7 inch touch screen display, voice recognition, GPS, compass and 1GHz snapdragon processing.
Now that the Nexus has been released, individuals will be able to determine if it has been worth the wait. Technology lovers have been quite excited for some time about what the phone. Now, they are able to see for themselves if it is everything that they thought it would be.
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