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// January 9th, 2010 // No Comments » // Google Android Phones

well a new day is upon us and Google seems to be on top. They seem to be on top of there game with the fresh release of the nexus one. What are the opinions of the nexus one from people who have already purchased the device remains to be seen. I for one have not purchased the device as of yet. gonna stand back in the shadows to see the outcome. Now dont get me wrong i love android and devices to death. but nonetheless i will still wait to see the outcome. Now for those who dont know what the Nexus One is a.k.a. the superphone heres the specs.
Power and battery

Removable 1400 mAH battery

Charges at 480mA from USB, at 980mA from supplied charger

Talk time
Up to 10 hours on 2G
Up to 7 hours on 3G
Standby time
Up to 290 hours on 2G Up to 250 hours on 3G
Internet use
Up to 5 hours on 3G
Up to 6.5 hours on Wi-Fi
Video playback
Up to 7 hours
Audio playback
Up to 20 hours

Processor

Qualcomm QSD 8250 1 GHz
Operating system

Android Mobile Technology Platform 2.1 (Eclair)
Capacity

512MB Flash

512MB RAM

4GB Micro SD Card (Expandable to 32 GB)
Location

Assisted global positioning system (AGPS) receiver

Cell tower and Wi-Fi positioning

Digital compass

Accelerometer
Size and weight

Height
119mm
Width
59.8mm
Depth
11.5mm
Weight
130 grams w/battery
100g w/o battery

Display

3.7-inch (diagonal) widescreen WVGA AMOLED touchscreen

800 x 480 pixels

100,000:1 typical contrast ratio

1ms typical response rate
Camera & Flash

5 megapixels

Autofocus from 6cm to infinity

2X digital zoom

LED flash

User can include location of photos from phone’s AGPS receiver

Video captured at 720×480 pixels at 20 frames per second or higher, depending on lighting conditions
Cellular & Wireless

UMTS Band 1/4/8 (2100/AWS/900)

HSDPA 7.2Mbps

HSUPA 2Mbps

GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n)

Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR

A2DP stereo Bluetooth

Additional features

* Haptic feedback
* Teflon™ coated back
* Second microphone for active noise cancellation
* SIM card slot
* Micro SD slot
* Proximity sensor
* Light sensor

Graphics, video and audio

Audio decoders
AAC LC/LTP, HE-AACv1 (AAC+), HE-AACv2 (enhanced AAC+) Mono/Stereo standard bit rates up to 160 kbps and sampling rates from 8 to 48kHz, AMR-NB 4.75 to 12.2 kbps sampled @ 8kHz, AMR-WB 9 rates from 6.60 kbit/s to 23.85 kbit/s sampled @ 16kHz., MP3 Mono/Stereo 8-320Kbps constant (CBR) or variable bit-rate (VBR), MIDI SMF (Type 0 and 1), DLS Version 1 and 2, XMF/Mobile XMF, RTTTL/RTX, OTA, iMelody, Ogg Vorbis, WAVE (8-bit and 16-bit PCM)

Image
JPEG (encode and decode), GIF, PNG, BMP
Video
H.263 (encode and decode) MPEG-4 SP (encode and decode) H.264 AVC (decode)
Audio encoders
AMR-NB 4.75 to 12.2 kbps sampled @ 8kHz

Language support

Display
English (U.S), French (France), German, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Korean, Japanese, Russian,

Keyboard
English (U.S), French (France), German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil),

Eclair

// October 28th, 2009 // 7 Comments » // Google Android Phones

The update coming soon to an android device near you will be the much anticipated eclair a.k.a. firmware 2.0. which no doubt will be a large step in the correct direction for android as a whole. Here are some feature coming with eclair.
New User Features
Quick Contact for Android
Multiple Accounts
Messaging Search
Email Combined Inbox
Camera Modes Contacts and accounts
•Multiple accounts can be added to a device for email and contact synchronization, including Exchange accounts. (Handset manufacturers can choose whether to include Exchange support in their devices.)
•Developers can create sync adapters that provide synchronization with additional data sources.
•Quick Contact for Android provides instant access to a contact’s information and communication modes. For example, a user can tap a contact photo and select to call, SMS, or email the person. Other applications such as Email, Messaging, and Calendar can also reveal the Quick Contact widget when you touch a contact photo or status icon.
Email
•Exchange support.
•Combined inbox to browse email from multiple accounts in one page.
Messaging
•Search functionality for all saved SMS and MMS messages.
•Auto delete the oldest messages in a conversation when a defined limit is reached.
Camera
•Built-in flash support
•Digital zoom
•Scene mode
•White balance
•Color effect
•Macro focus
Android virtual keyboard
•An improved keyboard layout to makes it easier to hit the correct characters and improve typing speed.
•The framework’s multi-touch support ensures that key presses aren’t missed while typing rapidly with two fingers.
•A smarter dictionary learns from word usage and automatically includes contact names as suggestions.
Browser
•Refreshed UI with actionable browser URL bar enables users to directly tap the address bar for instant searches and navigation.
•Bookmarks with web page thumbnails.
•Support for double-tap zoom.
•Support for HTML5:

◦Database API support, for client-side databases using SQL.
◦Application cache support, for offline applications.
◦Geolocation API support, to provide location information about the device.
◦ tag support in fullscreen mode.
Calendar
•Agenda view provides infinite scrolling.
•Events indicate the attending status for each invitee.
•Invite new guests to events.
New Platform TechnologiesMedia Framework
Revamped graphics architecture for improved performance that enables better hardware acceleration.

Bluetooth
•Bluetooth 2.1
•New BT profiles: Object Push Profile (OPP) and Phone Book Access Profile (PBAP)
New Framework APIs
Android 2.0 includes several new developer APIs. For an overview of new APIs, see the Android 2.0 version notes.

For a complete report of all API changes, see the API Differences Report