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The Nexus One is introduced by Google as the next step in Android evolution and the hardware found on is really impressive to say the least. As it was rumored, it packs a giant 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen with a resolution of 480×800 pixels. The handset is also featuring the Snapdragon chipset with a processor, clocked at 1GHz. It runs on the Android 2.1 operating system.
Just today, FCC passed the new Nexus One possible hitting to Verizon Wireless and/or Sprint. HTC PB99300 is the ID model for the Nexus One CDMA version.
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January has come and gone and the results of last months sales figures for the Google Nexus One are in. It appears that sales of the Google smartphone topped out at 80,000 units for the month. The trend appears to be a continuation of week one when Google saw 20,000 units sold.
For an ordinary smartphone, these figures would be considered respectable, but most people in the tech world had very high expectations of Google simply because, well, it’s Google. For comparisons sake, the original Apple iPhone that launched in June 2007 saw 600,000 units sold in its first month while the Motorola Droid saw 250,000 units sell in its first month back in November 2009.
All is not doom and gloom though. Remember, both the iPhone and the Droid had better mobile carrier support then the Nexus One which is restricted to T-Mobile. Additionally, although the sales figures haven’t been strong, they have been consistent through the month. If sales of the Google Nexus One can remain consistent until the Google phone gets picked up by Vodafone and Verizon this spring, we could see some much better numbers by the time summer roles around.
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New Nexus One is still struggling to muster a fraction of the sales of not just the iPhone but the Motorola Droid. Research from the mobile analytic group estimates that about 80000 of the HTC-made Android phones have sold since going …
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If there’s one area where Google could improve the Nexus One experience, it would be in how support is handled. Thankfully, things look to be headed in…
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There have been rumors before this that Google’s Nexus One would be coming to AT&T’s network, though there wasn’t any concrete evidence to back it up. Things have changed a bit though, as an unknown mobile phone has paid…
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From unhappy partners to unhappy customers, the search giant has been having a rough time with its Nexus One , currently the best Android phone on the market.
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The Google Nexus One is just over two weeks old now and it is no secret that sales have been poor to say the least. The handset is nice looking, but it does not have any of that wow factor like the Apple iPhone did back in 2007. So how could Google have done any different and what would Steve Jobs have done?
BusinessWeek said that even the Nexus One launch event was a boring one, unlike the “cool and confident” one from Steve Jobs almost three years ago. Google’s presentation was so boring, many of us could have easily fell asleep, things got even worse when the slide show started.
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The Nexus One was featured on Google’s homepage, just like the Motorola Droid when it was launched. In fact, as far as I’m aware, these are the only two incidents in which Google placed advertising on their homepage. …
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At CES this past week, Google executive Andy Rubin said that the next version of the Nexus One phone will be for the enterprise. It could have a physical keyboard.
Our bet is that Google Apps will be tightly integrated into the Nexus One enterprise phone. Google syncs every Android phone to a Google account. The next step seems logical. Sync Google Apps with the Android.
With Google Apps integrated, a customer could assign employees a Nexus One smartphone that is tied centrally to the account. As described on Ars Technica, each device could have its own Google Voice number. The smartphones could be then distributed to employees. Billing would be centralized and the employees would have a managed suite of applications for email, messaging, calendering, contacts and more.
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The popular eBay auction website has deluged by a virtual tsunami of unwanted Google Nexus One phones.
According to Olga Kharif of BusinessWeek, at least dozens of overly-optimistic eBay sellers attempted to cash in by selling the $530 device for as much as $1,000.
“[But by] Jan. 14, a number of eBayers were peddling these smartphones for a much more realistic $300 or so, and I’ve even seen a price as low as $212. There were more than 300 Nexus One devices listed for sale,” wrote Kharif.
“By comparison, the site offered 1,519 listings of iPhone 3GS devices that were also not tied to a carrier contract. Some of the more reasonably priced Nexus One offerings have garnered more than 10 bids; I’d counted a total of about 100 bids for the phones that were listed today.”
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Google’s Nexus One smartphone isn’t the first to attempt to challenge the undisputed market champion, the Apple IPhone, but it’s certainly enjoyed the grandest media hoop.
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Google and HTC addressed concerns that they were not adequately handling consumer complaints about the Nexus One, the new HTC-made device Google has been selling via its new Web phone store. In addition, Google and T-Mobile USA, which offers a subsidized Nexus One, have been working to address customer complaints that the phone has had trouble connecting to T-Mobile’s 3G network.
Andy Rubin, Google’s director of mobile platforms, recently acknowledged the company needs to improve its customer service for the phone, and did not rule out the idea of having Google representatives provide call center support. Currently, Google offers a Nexus One help center online, support through online forums, and individual support through email.
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Just one week after Google launched the Nexus One, its entry into the smartphone field, the numbers are in and it doesn’t look to be keeping up with the competition. We reviewed the iPhone-competitor the other day and see it as a formidable challenger, but sales numbers from its first week fall drastically short of those same numbers for other smartphones during their first week, according to statistics from mobile analytics firm Flurry.
While Flurry’s own analysis of the numbers makes sure to point out that the statistics may not provide an “apples to apples” comparison, the Nexus One’s first week sales were a fraction of its top three competitors.
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We are hearing that Google [GOOG] only managed to shift 20,000 Nexus One phones this last week which to be honest, isn’t many at all. Compare that to the Motorola DROID which sold 250,000 and the iPhone 3G S that sold 1.6 million, 20,000 is really really low.
Google opted for a different approach to selling the Nexus One where they are taking care of the sales side by setting up a specific website found at www.google.com/phone rather than letting a network, or networks sell the phone. This could be partly the problem here.
Although the phone got a lot of attention in the weeks prior to launch, it is a very low figure although Google are pushing Android a lot this year and I doubt low sales will deter them from moving forwards with what they want to achieve.
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Remember how up in arms users were when Verizon raised its early termination fee to $350, in order match the subsidizing fees of its new batch of smartphones such as the Motorola Droid? Well, that bar has just been raised by The Nexus One.
Those who terminate their contracts for the T-Mobile Google phone will be charged a whopping $550. That’s more than the price of an unlocked version of the phone–a cost which, theoretically, is supposed to be impetus for such fees. The $550 fee breaks down to $200 for T-Mobile termination and $350 for “equipment recovery” on Google’s part. Ouch.
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The Nexus One has generated a lot of buzz over the past week for a number of good reasons. Google’s foray into the competitive smartphone market is arguably one of the company’s boldest yet.
Google may deliver success with the Nexus One but its direct-to-consumer sales model, which some claim could disrupt mobile carriers, is also drawing attention to Google’s customer service limitations.
IDG News Service is reporting that the Nexus One support forums are filling up fast with questions from customers on everything from orders to technical problems.
Because the Nexus One is being sold directly by Google, customers who need help have to deal with Google. That is quickly becoming a problem. The reason? Google only provides support via email and makes it clear that responses to support requests could take up to two days. In the mobile market, where customers are used to being able to call up their carriers, that may not be good enough, especially for customers experiencing technical troubles.
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We already showed you 4 Google Sponsored YouTube videos promoting the Nexus One but the fifth – titled I Broke My Nexus One – may be the best of all if you’re.
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Same as with the Motorola Droid, the Nexus One has found a place (at least at one point) on Google’s home page. And if you’re in an airport with Google’s free holiday WiFi (what up McCarran!), at one point you were redirected to …
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As you all know, Google started selling the Nexus One phone this week. They also provide their Android OS to various other smart phone manufactures. Since.
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