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January 6th, 2010 | 
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Friends, Romans, Internetmen, the day has arrived. Yes, my fellow Netizens, Google’s Nexus One is finally here.
The phone some swore would practically change life as we know it made its official debut at Google’s California headquarters Tuesday morning. After all the hype surrounding the Nexus One’s prelaunch buzz, interest in this pocket-sized device is definitely sky-high.
Can anything live up to the rumor-driven frenzy the blogosphere created? Probably not. After all, the Nexus One isn’t a world-altering, “every-other-device-imaginable killer.” It is, however, an impressively powerful new phone that’s sure to expand Android’s growing grip on the smartphone market even further.
Here’s a complete breakdown of what the Nexus One is and isn’t, how it compares to other Android devices, and what its debut means for you.
• How fast is Google’s Nexus One?
In a nutshell: pretty darn fast. The Nexus One runs on a 1-GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. The Motorola Droid, for comparison, has a 550-MHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor; the iPhone 3GS runs on a 600-MHz chip. The Nexus One also has twice the RAM of the Droid or the iPhone, with 512 MB on-board.
• What about the display — how does it compare?
The Nexus One sports a 3.7-inch OLED 480-by-800 display. The Droid’s display is actually slightly larger, at 3.7-inch and 480-by-854 pixels, but it uses TFT-LCD technology rather than OLED.
While the Droid’s screen is generally regarded as superior to the iPhone’s 3.5-inch, 480-by-320 offering, OLED screens are typically brighter and more color-rich than their TFT-LCD counterparts.
This YouTube video shows a nice side-by-side comparison of the two technologies. It’s actually looking at digital camera displays, but it provides Read the rest of this entry »
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For the past two months, Verizon Wireless’s Droid by Motorola has had the privilege of holding the undisputed title of Coolest Android Phone on the Market. But its reign may be sh
ort, if everyone’s assumption that next week’s Google Android event turns out to be the unveiling of Google’s Nexus One (aka “the Googlephone”) turns out to be accurate.
The Nexus One remains unannounced, but there’s information (or alleged information) about it all over the Web. So it doesn’t seem premature to put together a provisional T-Grid comparing it to the Droid. The Nexus One data here is culled from sources such as Engadget and Gizmodo, and for now, you should pretend that each and every field has an asterisk next to it indicating that it’s not confirmed.
What are the key differences between the two phones? The Nexus One Read the rest of this entry »