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Nexus One – 135,000 phones sold by Google in just 2.5 months

Published on: 29th March, 2010

Google is estimated to have sold 135,000 Nexus One handsets in the past period of 2.5 months, according to Flurry. Sales have been tracked since the launch of the phone in early January. Analysts believe the Nexus One has had only a fraction of the sales the iPhone original version has made in a similar [...]

Surprise! HTC claims that Nexus One should not be placed in pockets

Published on: 9th March, 2010

It seems that some HTC support representatives have declared to a CNET UK employee that their cracked display of the Nexus One has been caused by keeping the mobile device in a pocket. Pocketing a handset amongst other objects (for example, keys) can cause the glass’ fracturing. Despite this, users claim that the handset was [...]

Adobe denies Flash draining mobile battery life

Published on: 1st March, 2010

After the video preview of a Nexus One running Flash, Adobe has denied that this software cuts on the battery life. Various bloggers, including John Gruber from Daring Fireball, claim that the battery charge level has gone down from 50 percent to 25 percent in just 8 minutes (the length of the video). However, the [...]

Testers claim the iPhone LCD has advantages over the Nexus One AMOLED

Published on: 25th February, 2010

Despite the general belief suggesting the AMOLED display of the Nexus One is superior to LCDs used by most smartphones, like the iPhone and others, recent tests performed by the testing equipment company DisplayMate have imposed somehow different conclusions. The tests performed on the Nexus One and the iPhone have covered a series of observations [...]

Sony Ericsson could have manufactured the Nexus One, but it refused

Published on: 23rd February, 2010

Recently, in a Swedish publication interview, Bert Nordberg, Sony Ericsson’s President said that he has refused to build the Nexus One phone for Google. He claims that Sony Ericsson’s decision has been made because the company doesn’t want to be known as a subcontractor, but for making its own devices. If Google’s handset has been [...]

Nexus One 3G still has problems with the dropping 3G signal

Published on: 15th February, 2010

According to Nexus One owners, despite the last over-the-air update, users are still having problems keeping and holding the 3G signal. There have been lots of supposed improvements, but most of the Android devices are dropping to EDGE (2G), even in areas where the 3G signal is known to work well. There have been videos [...]

Desktop Dock accessory for Google’s Nexus One

Published on: 31st January, 2010

Google has recently introduced the Desktop Dock, an accessory working as a dock, able to charge the smartphone and connect the audio output to a separate stereo by means of an RCA cable. When docked, the Nexus One can display a clock application that provides weather information as well as alarm functionality. The interface is [...]

Google announced a potential fix for 3G issues experienced by Nexus One

Published on: 31st January, 2010

Google has worked with HTC and T-Mobile to identify the cause of Nexus One issues involving 3G service in certain areas and it seems a potential fix is possible. Engineers investigating the reports have narrowed down the source of the issue in some cases, but details are not public yet. This action is following multiple [...]

Apple may have pressured Google to drop multi-touch for Nexus One

Published on: 22nd January, 2010

The latest Windows Weekly episode gives some hints that Apple may have put some pressure on Google and HTC in order to make them drop multi-touch for Nexus One. Co-host Leo Laporte claims that Apple “politely” asked Google to omit support on the US territory for concerns regarding its patent portfolio. Apple is supposed to [...]

Motorola’s Droid more expensive to make than iPhone and Nexus One

Published on: 19th January, 2010

Some cost analysis reveals that the Motorola Droid is one of the most costly smartphones to produce among the latest devices currently available on the market. The materials cost for the Android handset is $179.11 and the assembly cost is $8.64, with a total of $187.75. Compared to the 16GB iPhone 3GS costs $178.96 and [...]

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