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Jason Chen of Gizmodo tried the Google Nexus One thanks to an anonymous source. As a result, new photos and a hands-on video surfaced.
Chen said “You can call the design the antithesis of the Droid: smooth, curved, and light, instead of hard, square and pointy,” he said. “It feels long and silky and natural in your hand — even more so than the iPhone 3GS.”
Two versions of Google phone were planned, Reuters reported, one to be subsidized through T-Mobile by contract and one unlocked version sold through Google’s website.
The new Android based and Google branded phone could be launched as early as January 5, 2010.
The phone will run Android 2.1…
“The highly publicized launch of Droid last month marked a major effort by Google, Verizon and Motorola to slow the iPhone’s growing power in the marketplace. And while the Android platform is the most legitimate challenger to iPhone smartphone dominance, it’s important to remember that the iPhone’s flank is protected by an often overlooked, powerful fighting brand: iPod Touch. According to Apple, 58 million iPhone OS devices have been sold worldwide through September 2009. Of those, Flurry estimates that just over 40%, around 24 million are iPod Touch devices.”
I just completed reading a 3 pages article on AppleInsider and this gave me a different perspective on Android. Prince McLean thinks Google created Android as a Windows Mobile killer to safeguard its own advertising and search market, not to compete with the iPhone. And he has some evidence you should check out.
Some of the things I’ve learned I could not believe. But I do trust the source. If you have the time, check out the original. But if you’re more in a rush, here is a summary for you.
Motorola’s new Android-based Droid, which launched on Verizon Wireless last Friday and aims to take on Apple’s iPhone, is estimated to have sold about 100,000 units in its first weekend according to analysts.
Most stores surveyed sold at least half of their stock. With more phones based on the Google Android mobile operating system releasing this quarter, Motorola is predicted to sell 1 million to end 2009, and 10 million in 2010.
At Surgeworks, we’re getting ready for the Android 2.0 powered phones wave coming in 2010, and are already able to develop custom native Android apps thanks to Rhodes.
The Motorola Droid – coming November 7th, 2009 at 199$ with a new 2 years contract – is Motorola’s first Android powered phone and one of the first devices to feature Android 2.0 out-of-the-box. Verizon’s first Android phone sports a 3.7-inch capacitive touchscreen, 5-megapixel camera with dual-LED flash, GPS, WiFi, 3G data, microSD card and Android OS 2.0.
What follows is my first impression given by the videos I’ve gathered from YouTube and a couple reviews I’ve read. I’ll welcome your comments and especially any first-hand user experience!
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