Google Releases Nexus One Android Phone – What You Need to Know

If you follow any sort of news, you’ll know that Google announced their Nexus One phone running their Android-supported mobile OS. What’s really unique and new here is that Google is selling the handset directly, and not the carrier.

Here’s what you need to know about the phone:

• OS: Android 2.1
• manufacturer: HTC
• Qualcomm QSD 8250 (Snapdragon) @ 1GHz
• 800×480 px screen (3.7″ diagonal WVGA AMOLED touchscreen)
• weight: 4.5oz (130g)
• carrier: T-Mobile
• Price: $179 with 2-yr contract on T-Mobile; Unlocked: $529 [Verizon to get a CDMA version in the future]
• memory: 512MB RAM, 512MB Flash, 4GB Micro SD card (expandable to 32GB)
• 5 Megapixel camera, 2X digital zoom, LED Flash; video capture @ 20 fps
• WiFi 802.11b/g/n
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• Noise canceling – ues 2nd microphone
• Standby: up to 250 hours on 3G; Talk: up to 7 hours on 3G
• Micro USB port
• Speaker
• Voice control
• Haptic feedback

How to order: At Google’s Nexus One website (includes specs)

Price Comparison: @ Mashable via BillShrink and another at iSmashPhone

Hands-On Reviews: Crave, Engadget, Gizmodo, NeoWin.

One of the promo videos for the Google Nexus One:

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