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Hands-on with the AT&T 3G Nexus One

Phil Nickinson News Wednesday, 17 March 2010

Meet the new Nexus One, same as the old Nexus One. Only this one has AT&T's -- yeah, yeah, and some Canadian carriers', too -- 3G bands built in. Otherwise, it's exactly the same hardware (so far as we can tell without a teardown) and...

Sprint getting a Nexus One, too

Phil Nickinson News Wednesday, 17 March 2010

The rumors were true, folks. Sprint just announced that it's getting the Google Nexus One, hot on the heels of AT&T and some Canadian carriers getting their own unlocked and unsubsidized version. Pricing and exact date of availability to be determined, though this makes it sound like it's...

Moto Droid 2.1 update, AT&T Nexus One, favorite Android music player

Jeremy Sikora News Wednesday, 17 March 2010

 

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Finally a solid date for those Moto Droid owners who have patiently been waiting...

AT&T, Rogers get their own 3G-compatible Nexus One (finally!)

Phil Nickinson News Wednesday, 17 March 2010

It was a bit of a disappointment when we learned that despite being an unlocked GSM device, the Nexus One would only get 3G on T-Mobile in the United States. That has ended, as Google is now selling a Nexus One with the AT&T and Rogers (Canada) 3G bands of 850 and 1900MHz. This isn't a great surprise, as we'd seen it go...

We get it -- the Nexus One didn't sell as many as the Droid or iPhone ...

Phil Nickinson News Tuesday, 16 March 2010

Here's another one of those charts that shows (and when we say "shows," we mean estimates) just how few units of the Nexus One Google has sold in comparison to the Motorola Droid and Apple's iPhone over the first 74 days that each was available.

And here's the sentence

HTC shipping Nexus One to Verizon? Huh?

Casey Chan News Monday, 15 March 2010

 

We've said it before. We've seen it already. But we'll say it once again: it's highly unlikely that Verizon is going to sell the Nexus One in stores. So though DigiTimes is saying that HTC is shipping Nexus Ones...

Metal Droid cases, HTC Eris and 2.1, Nexus One on Verizon, Twitter clients

Jeremy Sikora News Monday, 15 March 2010

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Still looking for some protection for your Moto Droid and those plastic cases just...

Looking Closer at HTC's Touch Sensors

Jared DiPane News Sunday, 14 March 2010

After seeing some potential issues with the Nexus One multitouch, Android and Me has taken some time to visit the topic a bit more in depth. It appears as though the Nexus One touchscreen is not really "broken" like first reported, but more so limited by the hardware. The screen used in the Nexus One, the ClearPad 2000, is indeed designed to handle multitouch...

Verizon updates (erm, fixes) Nexus One listing; no Sense for you!

Phil Nickinson News Friday, 12 March 2010

Well how about that. Looks like Verizon has updated its Nexus One listing in the Equipment Guide, fixing some of those bullet points that didn't quite add up.

Gone is the reference to HTC's Sense user interface, which should come as zero surprise. Also (almost) fixed is where the phone will be...

Nexus One confirmed to only be sold online, (and to feature HTC Sense?)

Phil Nickinson News Friday, 12 March 2010

Far be it from us to say we told you so, but, well, we told you so. Here's confirmation, plain and simple, that the Google Nexus One on Verizon will not be sold in stores and instead will only be available at google.com/phone -- never mind that...

NBA star Chris Bosh gives his app ideas for the Nexus One

Casey Chan News Thursday, 11 March 2010

Free Android phones at GDC! (Or, how to make a mountain out of a molehill)

Phil Nickinson News Tuesday, 09 March 2010

You know all those stories about developers getting free Android phones this conference or another? Our pal Rene Ritchie (of TiPB) is at GDC in San Francisco and got to witness the carnage in person. Check it out after the break.

New Android 2.1 build coming soon to your favorite Nexus One ROM

Phil Nickinson News Tuesday, 09 March 2010

For those of you who are into putting custom ROMs on your Nexus One (and with as painless as it is, there's really no reason not to, right?), know that there's a new build in the wild. Redmond Pie breaks it down:

Compared to the last leaked build ERE36B, kernel and radio remains same, while there are some new changes in system/framework...

Who says Google failed with the Nexus One retail strategy?

Phil Nickinson News Monday, 08 March 2010

On the heels of Goldman Sachs cutting its sales forecast for the Nexus One -- which at the time of this writing is easily one of the top five phones HTC-manufactured phones available -- we're already seeing headlines (at ZDNet) that "Google's online-only phone selling model has failed."

Says who...

Verizon already training employees on the Nexus One? What for?

Casey Chan News Monday, 08 March 2010

BGR has heard some whispers that Verizon has started training employees on the Nexus One. When that happens, it typically means that a product launch is right around the corner as employees are getting ready to sell the device to customers in stores. But given that the Nexus One hasn't been your typical carrier branded smartphone, as in it wasn't available in carrier branded...

Droid brightness, Top Twitter app, Nexus One ROMs/hacks, Android killing itself?

Jeremy Sikora News Monday, 08 March 2010

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HTC: Don't sit on your Nexus One

Phil Nickinson News Saturday, 06 March 2010

So CNET UK had a Nexus One whose screen mysteriously cracked and turned purple while merely charging on a desk. At Google's urging, they handed it over to HTC for further study. The results:

"Putting a phone in a tight pair of jeans and sitting down would usually cause the kind of damage," suggested our support guy. He agreed that it's possible that a small...

What a Nexus One would look like if Apple had its way

Casey Chan News Friday, 05 March 2010

 

Did you hear that Apple is suing the pants off of HTC? Of course you did. And though the lawsuit will likely all be settled with millions of dollars exchanging hands and business will go on as usual...what if it doesn't? What if Apple has its way with HTC Android phones? Wired examines this potential...

Throwing fuel on the Nexus One and Motorola Droid multitouch fire

Phil Nickinson News Friday, 05 March 2010

Update: OK, OK. I get it. I've been learned a thing or three over this one. So have at me in the comments, call me a bad person, throw things at my dog, whatever. I only hope one day we'll wake up an our long national multitouch nightmare will be over. :P

Let the debate...

When you should blame Google (and when it's not their fault)

Phil Nickinson News Friday, 05 March 2010

Our pals at JK on the Run put up an excellent piece today breaking down Google's supposed (or blatant, depending on who you ask) favoritism regarding the latest OS versions, features, etc. Basically it boils down to this: Has Google put some of the latest features (i.e. Buzz, Google Maps Navigation

Droid's multitouch not the same as Nexus One's (and there's a reason for that)

Phil Nickinson News Wednesday, 03 March 2010

That at least some Nexus Ones suffer from some apparent problem with the touchscreen is not news. We've pointed out an issue with the keyboard before. And now Taylor from Android and Me has a...

Apple Inc. v. HTC: Day 2

Phil Nickinson News Wednesday, 03 March 2010

Woke up this morning. Checked the news. Yep, Apple's still suing HTC. (Have a feeling a number of people in Bellevue, Wash., did the same.) Here's a roundup of the latest in the patent battle launched by the iPhone-maker on the Taiwanese manufacturer of a large number of Android and Windows Mobile devices:

Google told the following statement to TechCrunch: “We are not a party to this lawsuit. However, we stand behind our Android operating system and the partners...

And speaking of the Nexus One ...

Phil Nickinson News Monday, 01 March 2010

It'll be a cold day in hell before you catch an executive talking bad about their product. Case in point: Google CFO Patrick Pichette, who was talking up the Nexus One at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom conference in San Francisco.

At the event, Pichette called the Nexus One "a benchmark-setter" and said "It's raising everybody's game." Such cheerleading is expected from a CFO, but he reportedly also said that the mood at...

How to: Put custom ROMs on Nexus One

Phil Nickinson How To Monday, 01 March 2010

Maybe you saw our hands-on with Sense on the Nexus One and wanted to do it yourself. Or maybe you're finally ready to take the leap and give CyanogenMod a try. Either way, our forums guru Jeremy Sikora has put together an...

Nexus One ROMs, Droid battery life, Hero YouTube issues, Verizon Nexus One

Jeremy Sikora News Monday, 01 March 2010

 

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Nexus One finally gets some color into its trackball

Jared DiPane News Saturday, 27 February 2010

If you are one of the Nexus One owners who doesn't quite understand why the device has a trackball, but wish that it could at least add something cooler to the device, your prayers have been answered. The trackball can shine in colors other than white (Google showed that off at its launch event), but for whatever reason it's never been properly implemented.

Luckily, some extremely talented people of the modding community have been working hard on not only allowing the functionality of the other colors, but as...

Stats: Android beats iPhone in the Midwest, Nexus One is really 'manly'

Casey Chan News Friday, 26 February 2010

 

Myxer, which delivers mobile entertainment such as videos, ringtones, wallpapers, etc. to mobile devices has come up with some fun and interesting statistics that give more info about Android. First, Android seems to do a good job versus the iPhone in the West & Midwest. According to Myxer's mobile metrics, Android users outpace iPhone users in eight states, seven of those states being in the West & Midwest. There's also 'swing states' which are...

CDMA version of the Nexus One goes through the FCC

Phil Nickinson News Friday, 26 February 2010

Don't want to get anybody's hopes up yet, but a CDMA version of the Nexus One has made its way through the Federal Communications Commission. Does that mean we're going to get the Nexus One on Sprint as well as Verizon? Not necessarily. It just means the hardware (Read our...

Desire speculation, Legend specs, Droid hacks/ROMs, Nexus One on Sprint

Jeremy Sikora News Thursday, 25 February 2010

 

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The rumor mill is churning around the HTC Desire, and the latest rumors peg have it on AT&...

Google cancels Nexus One event in China

Casey Chan News Wednesday, 24 February 2010

 

It's no secret that Google and China are having some differences. The crux of the disagreement is China's notoriously stringent censorship of the web and we definitely applaud Google for refusing to continue censoring search results that may cause Google to pull their search engine from China entirely (especially given the massive potential profit they could be making).

Sprint is rumored to get HTC Legend, AT&T may pick up the Desire

Phil Nickinson News Tuesday, 23 February 2010

We're not even a full week removed from Mobile World Congress, and already the rumors are starting to fly regarding U.S. availability of the HTC Legend and Desire, which were unveiled there. Said rumors come from

HTC Desire ROM on Nexus One, Eris 2.1 update, Sholesmod Updater, Moto Backflip

Jeremy Sikora News Tuesday, 23 February 2010

 

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Good news for Nexus One owners looking for Sense UI as it can be run (unofficially) with the Desire...

Video hands-on: New HTC Sense ported to the Nexus One - with Flash (updated)

Phil Nickinson News Monday, 22 February 2010

The rumors are true. Flash 10.1 is in the ROM that was ported from the HTC Desire to the Nexus One. And it works ... OK, it's not great. But remember that...

The new HTC Sense reviewed: Setting up your Android phone

Phil Nickinson News Saturday, 20 February 2010

Here we go, folks. The first round of a new day in the life of HTC's Sense user interface. In Part 1 of our review, we take a look at setting up your phone for the first time, including the new "Friend Stream" service, which integrates some of your favorite social networks.

Do note that the ROM we're looking at

HTC Desire ROM leaked, ported, and we squee like little girls with Nexus Ones

Phil Nickinson News Saturday, 20 February 2010

 

When HTC announced the Desire last week at Mobile World Congress, it basically was billed as the Nexus One, with Sense (and a track pad to boot). But those of us with Nexus Ones knew it would only be a matter of time before we'd get to play, and that day is here.

Paul from...

Sony Ericsson turned down the chance to build the Nexus One

Casey Chan News Thursday, 18 February 2010

 

According to Sydsvenskan.se, Sony Ericsson turned down the opportunity to build the Nexus One. We knew that Sony Ericsson didn't want to sell their phones...

HTC Desire ROM gets ported to Nexus One, brings Sense with it

Casey Chan News Wednesday, 17 February 2010

 

If you didn't know, the HTC Desire and the Nexus One are very, very similar. They rock the same internals and aside from a few buttons here and an optical trackpad there, they're basically the same device. So it's not that surprising to find that the Desire ROM has been ported...

Nexus One dislikes, Droid 2.1, Games, Sena Case contest, Windows Phone 7 Series, HTC Legend & Desire

Jeremy Sikora News Wednesday, 17 February 2010

 

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There is no doubt in anyones mind that the Nexus One is a great device but if there was a...

AC @ MWC: Hands-on video with the Opera Mobile browser for Android

Phil Nickinson News Tuesday, 16 February 2010

Here's a quick look at Opera Mobile on Android. And it looks, well, like you'd expect Opera Mobile to on Android. It's nice and fast, thanks to the major compression going on, and it'll make a nice addition to Android's browser arsenal. Problem is, you can't get it. We've...

HTC Desire Brings Sense to a Nexus One Body

Phil Nickinson News Tuesday, 16 February 2010

The HTC Desire received its official blessing today, addressing two things that had been gnawing at us regarding the current king of the hill, the Nexus One: What would it have been like if it had HTC's Sense UI? And is there a more elegant solution than a trackball?

The Desire answers both of those things -- and then some -- with the introduction of an all-new version of Sense running atop Android 2.1.

That sound good? Click through for...

Droid getting 2.1, Verizon Nexus One, Google Buzz, Gingerbread

Jeremy Sikora News Wednesday, 10 February 2010

 

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Motorola Droid owners got some great news earlier this week with the

Google Maps updated to Version 4.0

Phil Nickinson News Tuesday, 09 February 2010

We mentioned it in the Google Buzz launch post, but it bears repeating: Google Maps has been updated to Version 4.0. With it you get support for the Buzz layers, along with the previously mentioned night mode and synchronized starred items.

How's your Nexus One 3G reception now?

Phil Nickinson News Tuesday, 09 February 2010

By now everyone should have seen the Google Nexus One update (called 2.1-update1) pushed out to their phones. (If not, you can always update manually.) Aside from pinch-to-zoom being turned on in a handful of apps, the update contained a fix for the apparent problems the phone was having keeping a 3G connection on T-Mobile.

However, our pals at JKOnTheRun

Google's Phone Support Line for Nexus One is Live

Casey Chan News Tuesday, 09 February 2010

Looks like Google's Phone Support for the Nexus One just went live. You can ask for help regarding your Nexus One's problems by calling 1 (888) 48-NEXUS which is 1-888-486-3987 in simple numeric form. The line is open from 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM PST so hopefully you can get some answers...

Google lowers its early termination fee for the Nexus One to $150

Phil Nickinson News Monday, 08 February 2010

Here's a little bit of "good" news for anybody who bought a Nexus One on contract with T-Mobile and is thinking of getting out early. Remember how Google was charging a $350 "Equipment recovery fee" in addition to T-Mobile's $200 early termination fee? The Big G's just lowered that to $150 if you cancel in the first 120 days.

According to the Wall Street Journal...

Nexus One hate, Moto Droid proximity sensor, Android hacking, app frustrations

Jeremy Sikora News Monday, 08 February 2010

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Ever since the Nexus One was released there have been many who said it was not the super phone they expected.

The Nexus One story, Part 5 (plus another look at the car dock)

Phil Nickinson News Monday, 08 February 2010

The fifth part in Google's YouTube series chronicling the birth (and now life) of the Nexus One is now available. In it we get a look at the Nexus One being used throughout the day (and a guy whose apartment is badly in need of a non-Google decorator). But we also get another brief look at the car dock.

Linux creater loves the Nexus One

Phil Nickinson News Sunday, 07 February 2010

If you don't know the name Linus Torvalds, well, let's just say he's the reason you're holding that Android phone in your hand. He created the Linux kernel, which is what Android is built on. Anyway, he's never been a fan of any kind of cell phone. Until now. From his personal blog:

But I have to...

The Nexus One story, Part 4

Phil Nickinson News Sunday, 07 February 2010

Let's not waste any time here. Part four of Google's series chronicling the birth of the Nexus One tackles the manufacturing process, from the plastic molds to the electrical innards at HTC. This is where the magic happens, people. Video after the break. [Part 1 | 

The Nexus One story, Part 3

Phil Nickinson News Saturday, 06 February 2010

Here comes Part 3 in Google's series of short films chronicling the birth of the Nexus One. Dunno about you guys, but the bend test made me cringe. Video after the break. [Part 1 | Part 2]

 
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