Feb 02
Breaking: New Google Nexus One Update Adds Multitouch, Improves 3G
Filed under: Android, Breaking, Handsets at: 3:34 pm Leave a Comment
Huzzah! While the iPhone got its new OS today, Google’s Android team wasn’t going to sit around and watch Apple take the show would they? A new update to the Nexus One that fixes 3G issues, includes Google Goggles by default, and a new version of Google Maps that adds suggestions and dedicated night mode. But the big feature? Multitouch on the Nexus One in Maps, Gallery, and Browser. Simply. Awesome. [Google]
UPDATE: In order to get this delicious update, go to Settings > About phone > System Updates. Google is gradually sending out the OTA updates over the course of this week, so you may not get it yet, but go ahead and check! Oh and report here on what you have to say!
[...] Feeling left out after Nexus One owners now have multitouch? Now the Droid at least has a multitouch support feature somewhere now. You can pinch-and-zoom your way through Google Maps if you download the update in the market right now. Afterwards, the Europeans are the only ones who have their Milestones with full multitouch right now, but at least this is something. But now we know something for sure with Google: when it rains, it pours. [...]