Google Nexus Mobile phone
Google has begun the New Year 2010 with a bang with the release of the much anticipated Google Nexus Mobile Phone last week in US. Designed by Taiwan’s HTC and running on Google’s very own Android OS version 2.1, this smartphone has a 3.7” OLED 480 x 800 pixels display. OLED displays are more bright and colour rich compared to TFT LCD screen. It has 512 MB RAM on board and a 1 GHz Qualcomm 8250 Snapdragon processor which makes it faster than either Apple’s iPhone or Motorola’s Droid (aka Milestone).
The dimensions of this smartphone are 4.6” x 2.3” x 0.4” and weighs 0.3 lbs (130 gm) with battery. The 5 Mega pixel camera has auto focus, LED flash and 2x digital zoom and video recording maximum 30fps quality. There is 4 GB storage available which is expandable to 32 GB through SD card. Other features include 1400mAH battery, music player, FM radio and sound recorder. It has MicroUSB, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth with A2DP connectivity options.
What is interesting is that Google has chosen direct sales through its web store rather than the traditional channel sales partners for selling Nexus. How well it goes with the customers remains to be seen. Customer support is an important issue and how Google handles it is a million dollar question. Google has tied with T-mobile in US for mobile services with rumours of AT&T likely to join the bandwagon soon. The Nexus smartphone is priced at $530 (£308) unlocked i.e. free of any contract and $180 (£111) with a 2 year contract with T-Mobile. It will be available in UK soon.
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