Gingerbread! Before Google realizes the mistakes of Google Hong Kong, we will all forget (or cease to know it even existed) a short video walkthrough of Android. Which is exactly what happened, unfortunately; Google took it down. But the video did demonstrate several things, like the small but important changes to the entire Android 2.3 Gingerbread UI, and a “Related” tab for apps in the Android Market. It was cool while it lasted, you could say. Via: AndroidNoodles
According to NASA, a Nexus One (or any other superphone/smartphone for that matter) has enough proximity sensors, video and picture quality, as well as apps and processing power to be a low-cost satellite. That’s right, you can gloat to your friend that you own a satellite phone:
NASA’s babble:
The purpose of flying the Nexus One is to find a low-cost satellite solution. The radio, processing power, sensors and cameras in smartphones potentially have the same capability as those in satellites. The idea is to drivedown satellite cost by using off-the-shelf products and components. Today’s satellites are the size of Greyhound buses, but I believe they are going to get smaller and more frequently deployed. This is a first-step effort.
In order to see how tough the Nexus One is, they simply strapped it to a rocket and blasted off. In fact, two phones were sent, one of which crashed due to landing failure. Both handsets reached 1,800 MPH, which is Mach 2.4; the speed was measured by the Nexus One’s accelerometer. Above is the video that would make any owner of an Android phone, boastful (in a good way).
As you may or may have not heard, Samsung is having a heck of a time producing Super AMOLED and regular AMOLED screens, and only wants to keep the screens for its Galaxy S line phones. Whereas Sony is full of Super LCD screens, which are very close to AMOLED screens and can be read in direct sunlight. HTC’s CEO Peter Chou remarked that the SLCDs are “comparable” to the older screens and offers more battery life.
Strangely, the Droid Incredible (which has stocking issues because of this) wasn’t mentioned in the press release. Otherwise, the SLCD rollout is “later this summer”, for the international Nexus One sold overseas (even though it’s not in the U.S) and HTC Desire. PR after the cut!
The Sexy Nexy, AKA the Google Nexus One, is officially out of stock, and will no longer be sold by Google directly. The purpose of the Nexus One was to inspire all OEMs to make perfect Android handsets. Now every Android phone is getting more and more advanced than before, because of the Nexus One. It had a great run, and it’ll appear on a future feature /Android 2.2 review. Stay Tuned!
Please T-Mobile, start stocking the Nexus One. If it’s possible, that is. Otherwise, so long Nexus One. Until nex time…
The last shipment of Nexus One phones, which is the official phone of Google, has arrived for U.S buyers. The Nexus oNe’s failure was pretty large, but in HTC’s and Google’s perspective, the Nexus One is actually very successful.
A fun fact: the Google Nexus One was originally designed to “show” how an Android phone should be built, and debuted the genre “superphone. And now every few weeks, a super sexy Android phone debuts. All thanks to Google’s original idea of how an Android superphone could be.
Although for those of you in Vodafone in Europe and KT in Korea, this news is nothing to you. The Sexy Nexy will still be sold where you are. As for U.S goers, if you want a Nexus One, you’d better fetch it now.
So the Nexus One just got a new Android 2.2 FroYo update, AGAIN. This time, instead of having build FRF85 — the final, real build — users will now get the OTA (over-the-air) message eventually (or apply the update themselves via the Google source link) for the newer,hopefully safer and newer FRF91 firmware version.
[Thanks to the wizards at xda-developers for this story!]
So last but not least to start the morning, the official update to Android 2.2 is here, coming via TA, as the final and latest build, which is technically the one Google mentioned as the source code given to devs and companies. Users are reporting that their Sexy Nexy has become FroYo’d, so I think it’s time you do the same.
Google’s comment:
In order to access the update, you will receive a message on your phone’s notification bar. Just download the update, wait for it to install, and you should be all set. This update will be rolled out gradually to phones – and most users will receive the notification by the end of the week . We hope you enjoy these new features.
So, you got a Nexus One? No? Then you lose man! Accordingly, and on time, Google has released the source code for Android 2.2 FroYo, making it available to the public and manufacturers like HTC and Motorola. Afterwards, all these companies have to do is format and program the source code to the devices they are publishing the update to, then work with the device’s carrier to push it out. By the end of this summer, all major Android phones will be in FroYo heaven.
And accordingly, once again the Nexus One has gotten its final FroYo build update first via OTA (over-the-air), as build FRF83. Users can also manually update their Sexy Nexy with the official update from Google’s servers, but need to have the FRF50 build first.