HTC Nexus One is the first cell phone to be sold exclusively by Google and to feature the Android 2.1 OS. although the phone is manufactured by HTC you will not see its logo on the box. yet, it can be seen at the back of the phone itself.
HTC Nexus One pros:
+ 3.7-inch AMOLED with 480×800 WVGA resolution
+ Plenty of Ram and fast processor
+ Speech to text
+ Improves UI
+ Excellent connectivity
+ Google integration
+ Pleasant design
HTC Nexus One cons:
- No mutlitouch gesture support
- Poor camera
- No voice dialling
The design:
HTC Nexus One measures 119 x 59.8 x 11.5 mm and weighs 130 grams so the phone may seem a bit heavy, but you can quickly get accustomed to it. The phone’s most prominent feature is its large, 3.7-inch screen showing 480×800 pixels. The phone is grey, but it is available in two different grey shades. there are almost no physical buttons on the HTC Nexus One. It has only the volume rocker on the left and the power button. The front of the phone also features a trackball below the screen. the back of HTC Nexus One houses the 5 megapixel camera lend and a LED flash unit on its right. slightly below is the Google logo and the the bottom the HTC. the HTC Nexus One has a simplistic, yet appealing design saying it is aimed at businessmen.
Performance:
The display in the HTC Nexus One is bright, with great contrast and abundance of colors. The direct sunlight legibility is great and using it is a real pleasure. it is simply one of the best displays on the market at the moment.
The phone runs on the Android OS 2.1. The last version tweaked the visual aspect of the OS and the 2.1 brings some new features such as Facebook integration, or Quick Contacts. But there are some new eye candy features, such as the live wallpapers for instance. Now, with the Android 2.1 you get 5 homescreens and some other small, yet handy features. With its 1GHz processor the HTC Nexus One everything happens so quickly that you will not want to use any other phone.
One more new to the Android 2.1 feature is Speech to text which means you can dictate messages (SMS, and emails). You can, of course, integrate multiple Gmail accounts with the HTC Nexus One. If you decide that text to speech is not a feature for you the virtual QWERTY keyboard should fulfill your needs.
Multimedia:
The HTC Nexus One has a refreshed Image Gallery which not has smooth animations, transitions and plenty of sorting options. The HTC Nexus One also handles videos quite nicely. It smoothly plays H.263 videos, but unfortunately the phone has no DivX/XviD support.
The 5 megapixel camera has very few options and so the camera performance is merely good and cannot compare with Motorola MILESTONE, or Nokia X3.
The music player in Android 2.1 is pretty much the same as it was in earlier versions of the OS. the sound quality is good, but nothing out of the ordinary.
Selected HTC Nexus One features and specifications:
- Processor
Qualcomm® QSD8250™, 1 GHz
- Operating System
Android™ 2.1 (Éclair)
- Memory
ROM: 512 MB
RAM: 512 MB
- Display
3.7-inch AMOLED with 480×800 WVGA resolution
- Network
- HSDPA/WCDMA:
900/AWS/2100 MHz
Up to 2 Mbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds
- Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:
850/900/1800/1900 MHz
- Device Control
Trackball with Enter button
- GPS
Internal GPS antenna
- Connectivity
Bluetooth® 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g
Micro-USB port
3.5 mm audio jack
- Camera
5.0 megapixel color camera with auto focus, 2X digital zoom, LED flash, and geo tagging
- Audio supported formats
.aac, .amr, .awb, .wav, .wma, .mp3, .mid
- Video supported formats
.mp4, .3gp, .3g2, .m4v
- Battery
Rechargeable Lithium-ion polymer battery
Capacity: 1400 mAh
Talk time:
Up to 10 hours for 2G networks
Up to 7 hours for 3G networks
Standby time:
Up to 290 hours for 2G networks
Up to 250 hours for 3G networks
(The above are subject to network and phone usage.)
- Expansion Slot
microSDâ„¢ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
- AC Adapter
Voltage range/frequency: 100 ~ 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz
DC output: 5V and 1A
- Special Features
Proximity sensor
Ambient light sensor
G-sensor
Digital Compass
- Price $529
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