It is a mystery to me how the hobbyist hacker community can make Android so much better than the stock images that Google ships, but if you’ve got a Nexus one , Cyanogen has just made things much much better. As an iPhone owner from day …
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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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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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An early alpha ROM is available now for you to get online for you to get the HTC Sense for your Nexus One . It is almost as if the Nexus One getting rooted before the official launch. Just a week from being announced there is already a …
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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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So you’ve got the latest superphone from Google and for some strange reason, that 1GHz Snapdragon processor just isn’t fast enough. What’s an AndroidGuy to do? Overclock it yo! One of the guys over at XDA Developers, persiansown, has found a way to overclock his Nexus One and get speeds of 1.113GHz. Not only is this faster, but according to him, it’s stable as well. Ever the giving hacker, persiansown is providing the kernel and step-by-step instructions. First up, you’ll need root access and Cyanogen’s latest ROM.
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The Amzer Jelly Case is made out of 100% premium silicone and is a great, light-weight option for protecting your Google Nexus One PB99100. The durable silicone absorbs any shock your Google Nexus One PB99100 may receive from any …
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When I heard the Nexus One Car Dock accessory was coming I wasn’t at all surprised – the Motorola Droid had the same thing and it became necessary since Google.
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Since Google [GOOG] launched their first smartphone users have been experiencing a number of issues with it. First we had the 3G problems which seem to have been fixed, and now there have been a few isolated incidents of the screen …
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Any of you Nexus One fans seen the video below of the creation of the Google Nexus One ? Well, keep your eyes peeled because they give you a shot of some already.
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Discuss it our Nexus One Official Update thread. If you own a HTC Hero have you or do you have issues with dust collecting under the screen? Many of our readers seem to be very interested in the world of ROMs and hacking their Android …
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At last, one of the sorely missing capabilities we noticed with the Google Nexus One phone arrives: multitouch for the phone’s Gallery, Browser, and Maps. Google calls that desirable and long-overdue feature “pinch to zoom functionality.”
The update will also include improved Google Maps, version 3.4, and Google Goggles will be available directly on the device. That’s a fun app that recognizes objects you frame up in the camera, and finds them for you on the web. And oh yeah, the update fixes some of those spotty 3G issues we noticed too.
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Google’s first official accessory for the Nexus One, the Desktop Dock, went up for order earlier in the week, and we couldn’t help but mash in our credit card details for one ourselves. Designed to not only recharge the phone but to stream music from it to a set of connected speakers, check out our Nexus One Desktop Dock hands-on gallery.
For $45 you’d expect build quality to be high, and thankfully Google – or, more accurately, HTC, since they’re responsible for the hardware – haven’t noticeably skimped on the plastics. The dock is very stable thanks to heavy weighting in the base, and we’re pleased to see an A/C adapter is included in the box; contrast that to Palm, who don’t include a second mains adapter with their Touchstone charger and expect you to use the original. This way you can leave one adapter at work and use the powered dock at home.
The Nexus One drops into place easily, with the spring-loaded touch contacts meaning there’s no pressure required. Meanwhile around the back there’s a microUSB port (for power) and a 3.5mm audio-out jack; a cable, ending in stereo RCA plugs, is included to hook up your stereo. As soon as you dock the Nexus One the Clock mode loads automatically, with weather animations and alarms; similarly, when you plug in the audio cable the first time you’re asked whether you’d like to use it as an audio alarm/music output by default.
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Most smartphone owners want their smartphone to stand out from all the others, and now according to an article over on android and me, the Nexus One can sport a different jacket colour courtesy of ColorWare.
Along with ColorWare making available the customisation of the Nexus One superphone they can also give their touch to the Android powered Nook.
If you are a Nexus One owner you can take advantage of ColorWare’s design studio where you can opt for one of 87 colours and finishes to create you own customised Nexus One, can opt to purchase the Nexus One direct from them or send in their own.
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It seems that Google has done some censoring that actually makes a bit of sense for once when it comes to the voice-to-text feature of the Nexus One.
Google has taken a lot of flack for going along with censorship in China, something it is currently trying to reverse, and now Reuters has discovered that the company is doing some censoring right here in the United States. Before you get too worried though, it does make some sense this time around.
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One of the most popular Android hackers has just made one the most popular Android handsets a touch* better. Steve Kondik, better known as Cyanogen, has figured out how to implement multi-touch into the web browser of the Nexus One. If you’re among the 20,000 or so people who have a Nexus One, you can do this yourself. You will, of course, have to root your handset.
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