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The Nexus One is Google’s first move into the cellphone market and its definitely looking like it can compete with the array of smartphones currently on the market. The Nexus One is powered by Google’s own mobile operating system, Android.
The much anticipated Google phone
The Nexus One looks pretty similar to the iPhone in that it has no physical keyboard, which allows the phone to have a much slimmer design. The Nexus One has four buttons at the bottom of the screen for back, menu, home, search and a navigation trackball pointing device, much like the Blackberry Curve 8900.
The phone is extremely powerful and can easily handle the phone’s 3D graphics, running multiple applications and heavy browser use. This however comes at a trade off with battery life woefully brief. Officially the phone has up to 7 hours talk time, 250 hours standby, 5 hours of 3G Internet use, 7 hours of video playback and 20 hours of audio playback, but users have reported to be able to run the battery down in only a couple of hours, so keep that charger handy!
The Nexus One is available to purchase online at Google.com/phone, although it is currently not available for South African’s to buy. I would think the phone will become available in the future with some form of partnership with Vodacom and the likes. Currently, the phone is selling for $529 (R4000).
The Google Nexus One is powered by Android
I’d love to get my hands on the much anticipated Google phone to see how it stands up against its biggest rival the iPhone, and when I do, I’ll give a full report on it here on the Incredible Connection blog.
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