Nexus One Gets a Teardown, Reveals 802.11n Wi-Fi and FM Transmitter

January 6, 2010 4:52 PM ⋅

Who knew? Even though up there I have a banner explaining the Nexus One, I didn’t know about this myself! iFixit (as usual) has teardowned the poor Nexus One to pieces and made 2 interesting discoveries. One, according to the Google spec page, the N1 has a 802.11n Wi-Fi transmitter, even though HTC only lists it as 802.11b/g. Two, there’s an FM transmitter as well. Other things of interest found is a Samsung-branded OLED display, Qualcomm QSD8250 “Snapdragon” 1 GHz ARM processor, Synaptics touchscreen controller. Then there’s the Broadcom chip labeled Broadcom BCM4329EKUBG, which is what provides Wi-Fi to the Nexus One. Hit the source link for the full teardown.

[Via iFixit]

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Google Serving Nexus One Ad on Their Homepage

January 6, 2010 2:24 PM ⋅

It only makes sense, right? This is probably better than any advertising campaign.

[Google]

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AT&T Releasing 2 webOS Phones This Year

January 6, 2010 2:17 PM ⋅

AT&T’s CEO Ralph de la Vega says that AT&T will not only be releasing Android phones, but webOS ones too! Whoaaa. Maybe a better Palm Pre and Palm Pixi? Only CES brings the best tech stories, doesn’t it?

[Via Giz]

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AT&T Joins the Android Race, Will Release 3 Handsets

January 6, 2010 2:07 PM ⋅

AT&T has finally decided that Android is a great way to make more money off of you and me, so they have decided that they would relrease 3 different Android handsets this year. They are (in speculation):

  • A Motorola handset using MOTOBLUR, very possibly the Motorola Enzo/Backflip/Motus
  • The Dell Mini 3i, which was confirmed by Dell today at CES
  • An unknown HTC smartphone, exclusively for AT&T

Besides those three, there are phones like the Nexus One or Motorola Calgary, which is another strong contender.

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Google’s Nexus One: The Videos

January 5, 2010 3:41 PM ⋅

With the launch of the Google Nexus One complete, we know have a hold of all the videos, which are the next best thing besides owning the phone, no? The videos cover a variety of subjects, from a complete overview to the voice-to-text feature. Check them out after the jump. [TechCrunch]

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Explained: Google’s Nexus One is Official, Web Meets Phone

January 5, 2010 2:38 PM ⋅

It’s Official and Specs

Google’s Nexus One is official, and who didn’t think it would be? Sporting a 3.7 AMOLED display, Snapdragon processor, Android 2.1, 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and flash, light and proximity sensors, GPS, Wi-Fi, accelerometer, 3.5mm audio jack, dual microphones for noise canceling, and you can get custom engraving on the metal bezel back.  The Nexus One is the official gPhone everyone has dreamed of for so long. According to Google it’s thinner than a #2 pencil and lighter than a Swiss Army knife. Also, don’t call it a smartphone, because according to Google it’s a “superphone”. Interesting. I wonder if that will take off.

Customization

Customization is something that Google seems very passionate about. The News & Weather widget allows you to grab feeds of you guessed it — news and weather. The live wallpapers that react to touch is another nice touch, courtesy of the Snapdragon chip. And did I mention Google Earth is finally on Android handsets? It’s about time. Oh, just a minute — apps are now finally stored on the SD card. Yessss.

Pricing & Availbility

As for pricing: The Google Nexus One will be $189.99 on T-Mobile and $529.99 unsubsidized, with a Verizon Nexus One coming soon to the States and Vodafone carrying it in Europe.  Both models would come in Spring 2010, with the Verizon model being CMDA based. As for US customers who are interested in getting a Nexus One right now, there’s the $529 option and the $189 option, and you can get it at google.com/phone. One note for subscribers who are interested in getting the Nexus One with AT&T: it will only work on EDGE bands. Sorry, suckers guys.

Full press release and video after the break.

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Apple acquires Mobile Advertising Company Quattro Wireless

January 5, 2010 12:15 PM ⋅

Apple has turned the switch and has eaten up Quattro Wireless, a mobile advertising company. While we don’t know how much Apple paid to gobble up Quattro, but $275 million is the popular number right now — the company’s CEO Andy Miller has been elevated to the new VP of Mobile Advertising position at Apple.

In a news post at the Quattro site, Andy says that “for now” their products won’t change. Of course the words “for now” means something will change later, but I wonder what? Hopefully in the long run, devs will just have an easier time making apps for the App Store

[Via Yahoo!]

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Poll: Are You Excited for Today’s Nexus One Launch?

January 5, 2010 12:01 PM ⋅

Are you excited? The Android press event starts at 10AM PST, 1PM EST. CNN will be broadcasting it live (they were, but just a couple of minutes ago now it’s gone. Weird.) over the Internet, and of course I’ll post the news as it comes in on the site. So sound off in the poll!

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Boxee Box is Now Officially Official: under $200, Flash 10.1

January 5, 2010 11:50 AM ⋅

If there is more to know about the Boxee Box, then it’s probably in this press release. The Boxee Box will be under $200, and will have Flash 10.1 support, and will be manufactured by D-Link. Quick recap of what the Boxee Box is: it brings all social media services to your TV, as well as TV shows. Facebook, Twitter, Pandora, Flickr, you name it. And there is no monthly fees for service, because it uses Wi-Fi, or you can hook it up to your router, then hook up a hard drive to your router to access your media files, and don’t forget: it can play non-DRM files. In the simplest terms, it’s an HTPC (Home Theater PC). Press release after the cut.

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Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Coming To Rogers in Canada in Q2

January 5, 2010 11:35 AM ⋅

For those of you XPERIA X10 Android lovers: the X10 is making its way to Canada in Q2, exclusively on the Rogers network. Now for some of that Nexus One news….

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