Another Android has landed - and this time it's Google's own take on hardware for the platform, the Nexus One.The $999 Nexus One, which features a 3.7-inch (that is, larger than iPhone) touchscreen, is similar in specs to HTC's Desire, including a 1GHz Sn
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Another Android has landed - and this time it's Google's own take on hardware for the platform, the Nexus One.
The $999 Nexus One, which features a 3.7-inch (that is, larger than iPhone) touchscreen, is similar in specs to HTC's Desire, including a 1GHz SnapDragon processor.
That's no coincidence, as HTC also makes the Nexus One for Google under an OEM contract.
Unsurprisingly - given it's from Google itself - the Nexus One is one of the few Androids on the market to run the most bang up-to-date version of the OS, 2.2.
The Nexus One caused controversy when it was first released in the US due to search giant's policy - since relaxed - of only letting people buy it through a Google website (the Google Nexus One site is now in the process of being shuttered).
The Nexus One is the latest in a string of Androids announced for local release over the past couple of months by Telecom and Vodafone, including models from HTC, LG, Motorola and Sony Ericsson.
An early NZ adopter's verdict
Before the Nexus One was officially available in New Zealand, some Android fans brought handsets back from the US.
One, Diversity Ltd principal Ben Kepes, told NBR earlier today, ""I live my life in Google - using gmail, docs, calendar and other Google products.
"As such a device [like my Nexus One] that is built from the ground-up as a Google interface is a no brainer.
"I'm not swayed by the Apple fanboys. My Android device gives me the experience and usability of an iPhone without all of the feeling of being locked down to what Apple deems acceptable."
