So turns out Google didn’t cancel the Beijing event at which it planned to evangelize its new Nexus One Android smartphone. It couldn’t cancel because the company had never arranged to hold an Android event in Beijing in the first place. Asked to comment on a Reuters report claiming Google’s roadshow was skipping the Chinese capital, a company spokesperson told me that the report is erroneous. “The reports are incorrect,” she said. “There was not a Nexus One launch event scheduled in Beijing. Google is hosting 3 Android Developer Labs in Asia over the next couple weeks in Singapore, Taipei, and Hong Kong. These are technical events for developers who want to build applications for Android. We never planned to hold an Android Developer Lab in Beijing, and suggestions that we did plan one are not true.”
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A post on the Flash Mobile blog claims that the impact of running Flash on the Google Nexus One is only around 6 percent, noting ‘Our own tests show.
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The Nexus One has been making a splash in North America for a couple of months, but many in Europe have been wondering when they will be able to get their hands on it. According to the Telegraph, the Nexus One will be on sale in April on Vodafone.
The Nexus One represents a first for Google as the phone can be purchased directly from the company with no contract. Buying a Nexus One without a contract can be quite expensive, although, if you’re planning to stick with the carrier for the typical two years, you can buy it with subsidy as it will save you money up front but may cost you more in the end.
Although the phone has been given much praise, there are some questions still lingering about the quality of its screen despite the claim that it’s a software related issue.
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The Google spokesperson said they never planned to hold an Android Developer lab in Beijing and suggestions that we did plan one are not true. Previously on Reuters a post stated that Google had cancelled the launch of the Nexus One in …
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Google appears to have changed policies, rules, and other frequent targets of complaint to the Nexus One. The early termination fee was the subject of much scrutiny originally, because due to a combination of Google’s termination fee, plus T-Mobile’s, if a customer decided to cancel within the first 4 months of the contract of their Nexus One, they were stuck with a $550 combined termination fee. This was more than the cost of an unlocked Nexus One. Now, Google has reduced their termination fee, resulting in a combined termination fee of $350 if you cancel within the first 4 months of the contract. This is equal to Verizon’s.
Customer support has also been a subject of frequent debate with Google. Prior to now, the only way to get any support from Google was via a community forum. Posts were slow and infrequent, and didn’t always have the information people needed to solve their problem. Now, two support phone numbers have been set up. One for ordering issues through Google, and another for technical support via HTC (the manufacturer of the phone).
It remains to be seen if any of these will actually affect the bottom line of the Nexus One, but we’ll find out within the next couple of months.
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HTC Desire: The Nexus One Clone – HTC has introduced a new smartphone that is almost the same as the Google Nexus One in terms of design and hardware features. The HTC Desire has a lot to be liked about since it has all the qualities of …
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When the Nexus One was released, many believed that no device can go near it for a while. We didn’t have to wait for a long time for another great device to come out, though. Modaco was fast enough to tell that the HTC Desire was going to be announced at the Mobile World Congress at Barcelona.
This is good news for Filipinos. This might be the counterpart of the Nexus One that Mark Sergio, HTC’s country manager, was talking about. The software is the big difference between Desire and Nexus One. Desire has Flash 10.1, HTC’s Sense UI, and FM radio support. To be clear, Engadget reports that the Nexus One has the hardware to support FM radio so this is a software issue.
Like many others, I predicted that the software differences won’t matter very much. A while ago, Paul from Modaco successfully loaded the HTC Desire ROM on the Nexus One. It won’t take long before the ROM becomes publicly available, and Nexus One owners could be enjoying the goodness of HTC Desire even before it hits the stores.
Hardware wise, the differences of the devices that I am aware of so far are the following (HTC Desire vs. Android)
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If we were to run a one-word review of the HTC Legend then that word would be ‘WANT’. In capitals. We’re really smitten with this phone’s smooth metal casing and rubberised chin – as we’ve said before it looks a lot like a minature version of the aluminium MacBook. HTC’s Sense user interface has been given a revamp and includes a new viewing mode called ‘Leap’. Best described as ‘helicopter mode’, it allows you to pinch in and view of all your home screens at once, so you can hover between menus without having to thumb through them individually. That said, while the screen measures a not inconsiderable 3.2-inches, both the Google Nexus One and the HTC Bravo pack slightly bigger 3.7-inch displays.
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The one thing you’ll never see on a stock Nexus One is a skinned interface like Sense or TouchWiz — they’re just not Google enough for a phone commissioned and sold directly by Mountain View. Thing is, Sense on Android has plenty of …
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