Nexus OneLiveblog Archive
8:22 postmortem ON Jan 4 2010
Jason Chen :
Google ’s Nexus One . The Google Phone . It ’s being unveiled officially Tuesday , January 5 at 10AM Pacific ( 1PM Eastern ) . We ’ll be here . You should too . Check in bright and early to see what ’s coming , and see whether the leak pricing details are really true , and whether anything ’s changed since our first hands on back in December .
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We ’re here . It ’s stale .
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And hey , there ’s a canvass up above to register your upheaval ( or letdown ) at whatever ’s being announced . In material fourth dimension . So go ahead and sink in click click .
9:14 am ON Jan 5 2010
So , how worked up are you guy wire for this phone after you ’ve seen the hands on , all those photo and even a few video ? Hopefully Google will deplumate out a few unknown at the event .
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If they say that this is a unfeigned unlocked phone that influence on all 4 major networks , THAT would be worth $ 530 .
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We ’re inside . Google ’s playing music ( heard some Lady Gaga just now ) .
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The way that logo is lit is a number ill .
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There ’s Andy Rubin , king of the Android team .
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Robert Scoble is rubbing his venter seductively . It ’s working
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They ’re now playing that Modern Black Eyed Peas song . You know , the one with utterly no nicety . Where every word only entail what they say .
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Here ’s a question for you : What do you opine Madonna will look like when she ’s 60 ?
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Chris Mascari :
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Now , the Killers are fiddle .
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If you come to enough of these affair , you ’ll start recognizing all these people .
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One fair sex just forgot she was at a Google case and started trip the light fantastic toe for a few seconds . Either that , or her back was itchy . UNDETERMINED .
10:02 am ON Jan 5 2010
There ’s a local ABC News lady here . How do I know she ’s from ABC News ? Other than the fact that her badge says ABC News , she has 10x the makeup of any of the rest of us . That ’s a feat , because I slather it on this morning .
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Oh and if you have a input , head here .
https://gizmodo.com/google-nexus-one-liveblog-5440219
Do n’t draw a blank to come back .
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It ’s embarassing when the euphony shuts off and you ’re the only guy cable talking really loud . Right , guy behind me ? !
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It ’s starting ( I think ) .
How hilarious would it be if Steve Jobs come on right now ?
10:06 am ON Jan 5 2010
Here ’s Mario , VP of Product Development , to speak first .
“ Today we will unveil the next microscope stage in phylogenesis for the Android . ”
10:07 am ON Jan 5 2010
Two days ago , Google and many industriousness leader made the Open Handset Alliance . Now it ’s grown to 52 members , and he ’s announcing 13 extra members to the OHA >
On yr after the OHA promulgation ( last twelvemonth ) , HTC and T - Mobile launched the G1 .
10:08 am ON Jan 5 2010
Next , was the myTouch 3G. Then , Google make up one’s mind to put some muscular ironware in there to pump up the performance .
10:09 am ON Jan 5 2010
Next was Droid . So they ’re insinuating that this is the next gradation up from the Droid .
Now they have 20 machine , 59 carrier , 48 countries and 19 languages .
10:10 am ON Jan 5 2010
In 2009 , they had 4 major software going . ( The statues can be seen across the street next to work up 44 , which you ’ve seen photos of already . They ’re the donuts and eclaires and cupcakes . )
10:11 am ON Jan 5 2010
Google pronounce people search the web 30x more on an Android phone than they do on a feature phone .
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One thing you might not know , that I heard from OEMs , is that Google will only certify devices for “ Android ” if it ’s a sound , so other equipment like the Nook wo n’t get Android certification , so it wo n’t be able to say that it ’s an Android equipment . This mean that they ca n’t get Android applications , and they do n’t get memory access to some mystical libraries that Google only limits for devices that are certified .
10:15 am ON Jan 5 2010
Not certain how Android netbooks fit into this schema .
Here ’s the next gradation in the Android phylogeny .
10:16 am ON Jan 5 2010
Google says that they will concentrate on specific projects with their partners so as to push excogitation in the cosmopolitan marketplace . For example , with Motorola on the Droid ( and the Cliq ) .
10:17 am ON Jan 5 2010
One of the enquiry they postulate themselves was , “ what if we work even more closely with our partners to bring devices to market to showcase the peachy software technology we ’re working on at Google . ”
Today , they ’re announcing the Nexus One . ( Yes it ’s call Nexus One )
The tagline is : “ Where WWW meets phone ”
And it ’s an “ exemplar ” of what ’s possible on phones with Android .
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They ’re calling this “ superphones ” , as a family of devices .
“ The Nexus One was designed in very unaired partnership with HTC . ”
He ’s welcoming Peter , chief operating officer of HTC , onto the leg .
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Peter Chou is on leg now .
HTC has shipped seven Android merchandise , if you calculate the Nexus One .
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Peter says it ’s one of the best industrial designs from HTC , and it has a 3.7 - inch AMOLED display .
It has the “ strongest ” processing mogul , with Snapdragon on board .
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Peter ’s step off stage , but not before confine up the phone one last clock time for the great unwashed to get scene of .
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Basically , going through the computer hardware eyeglasses and feature and then demoing some software .
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The front is a 3.7 - inch display , 480×800 display . Under the hood is a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon C.P.U. . It ’s very fast ( and we saw that firsthand in our custody on ) .
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Then there ’s a multi - color notification trackball that express different colour when various events happen .
lighter and proximity detector , compass , GPS and accelerometer are all on add-in .
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The leanness is thinner than a#2pencil , and lighter than a Swiss Army keychain tongue .
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The back of the phone has a 5 - megapixel camera with LED flash , as well as MPEG4 videos . Also , one click upload to YouTube .
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There ’s also Stereo Bluetooth , 3.5 millimeter headphone Jack-tar ( four tangency points for mike AND remote control ) , and dynamic noise cancellation . Two microphones on the Nexus one , one on the bottom and one on the back for noise cancellation for calls .
you’re able to also get usance engrave on the metal bezel on the back - bottom of the twist .
10:29 am ON Jan 5 2010
ironware is “ half the news report . ” “ With the Nexus One it ’s not hardware alone , it ’s a expert spousal relationship of computer hardware and software . ”
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Here are some software innovations . N1 is turn tail on Android 2.1 .
All the droid apps are include on the Nexus One in 2.1 , so all the Facebook , Google Mapsdriving and various other Droid features are present .
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Customization . Before now , you had homescreen wallpaper and widgets , but now you have five screens for homescreen panels in rules of order to let you add more shortcuts and widgets .
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One he wants to accent is the tidings and weather widget , which grabs feeds of news program as well as positioning - cognizant weather condition .
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But Google now has “ alive wallpaper ” , which are the animated / interactive ones that we saw in the workforce on .
First he ’s demoing pee . folio are falling onto water , dynamically , and will undulate when the leaves make impinging . Plus , if you press your fingerbreadth down , you could make ripples .
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Next up is media and 3D. The wallpapers take advantage of 3D frameworks on the Nexus One .
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The new app launcher is n’t a drag - and - wrench menu , instead , you press the clit and the icons soar upwards into place , and the ikon are kind of in a scrollwheel .
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Next up is Gallery , which is a “ new visualization for photos . ” It gives you a deepness to your exposure . For example , if you tap on an album , the photos surge out and load on a 3D plane when you move the speech sound around . Not sure how functional it is , but it ’s fun face .
Albums are mechanically clustered by metre , date and locating .
10:38 am ON Jan 5 2010
you could also background - sync this to Google ’s Picasa entanglement album .
10:39 am ON Jan 5 2010
The next high spot in the Nexus One is vocalisation .
10:40 am ON Jan 5 2010
hunt by Voice was launched earlier this year letting you look for just by talking . And then , Voice Command came later with the Verizon Droid . So now you could say “ sail to Ikea ” , and it will acknowledge where you are , and show hunt results for give you turn by turn navigation directions .
That was with 2.0 . But what if you may employ voice on every text field on the earpiece ? They articulation enabled every text field in the gimmick .
10:41 am ON Jan 5 2010
Now he ’s dictating a text that actually come out correctly . The voice identification service is being handle on the backend , and works tight to deliver solution .
10:42 am ON Jan 5 2010
Here ’s a special app that has n’t launched yet , but he ’ll give a snitcher peep today . It ’s Google Earth for Android .
Like on the desktop , you’re able to zoom the ground around and soar up into your location .
10:43 am ON Jan 5 2010
So with Google Earth on the Nexus One , you’re able to fly around through great deal and other terrain in “ Flyaround modal value ” , just like you’re able to in the internet browser or on the screen background . It uses the 3D framework he name earlier .
10:44 am ON Jan 5 2010
And with articulation hunt , you could search for stuff in Google Earth as well with your representative .
10:45 am ON Jan 5 2010
Mario is back on degree , and says that it belong in a course of instruction of equipment call “ superphones . ”
How are they going to get this to market ? Here ’s a “ new path to buy a consumer phone . ” Through a Google web entrepot .
10:46 am ON Jan 5 2010
Their direction is a “ mere purchasing process , ” and a “ simple offering of plans from operator . ”
Through the web fund you’re able to buy a phone without help , or with religious service from a partner . If you bribe it with help , you ’ll get a discount and it will be corresponding to high - end smartphones on the market .
you could buy a phone with military service today from T - Mobile USA .
10:47 am ON Jan 5 2010
They plan to add more equipment , like phones from Motorola , to their World Wide Web store . And bestow more country .
Here are some new screens of the store .
10:48 am ON Jan 5 2010
Here ’s another announcement : Verizon and Vodafone fit in to get together the “ program ” .
So , here ’s the store . you could click through a alive demo of the sound by tap the different icons if you want to play with the telephone before you buy .
10:49 am ON Jan 5 2010
damage : $ 530 for an unlatched phone , $ 180 on T - Mobile . Verizon is coming for Nexus One in Spring 2010 . And Vodafone as well , Spring 2010 .
10:50 am ON Jan 5 2010
Again , you’re able to get a Nexus One on Verizon in Spring 2010 ( presently ! ) .
And if you ca n’t wait for a Verizon phone , you could get a droid now . They have a link on the page for the impatient .
10:51 am ON Jan 5 2010
move through the purchasing process , you need a Google history , and a Google Checkout chronicle .
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The next filmdom is engraving your sound , if you want to do so .
As you type the character it will appear on the telephone set so you may see what it search like .
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After a confirmation screen , you ’re passably much done . ( Pretty simple store ! )
They ’re launching the web store in the US , and will be embark to examine markets : UK , Singapore and Hong Kong . The plan in the future is to add together more operator in the US and internationally as well as more twist .
10:54 am ON Jan 5 2010
The Nexus One is the first in a serial of phones in the new web store modelling .
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“ We ’re really really psyched about this young model ! ”
“ We ’re so psyched … ”
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And now a Nexus One demo video that went through all the thing we just cover in the last half hour , but with a scope track .
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Now , a Q&A.
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Q : Why 512 MB for app computer storage only ?
A : They store apps in the internal ROM and not on the SD bill now , for piracy reasons , but they will offer an upgrade soon for installing apps on the SD card .
Q : Will the earpiece ship today ?
A : Yes , it ships today . But if you need an unlocked version , you may use it on any GSM provider like AT&T.
11:00 am ON Jan 5 2010
But , because of dissimilar 3 G relative frequency it ’ll die hard on EDGE speeds on AT&T. Not 3G.
11:01 am ON Jan 5 2010
Q : Is this aniPhone killer ?
A : We ’re calling it a superphone , but the message is n’t to the iPhone , it ’s to consumers . “ Choice is a really good thing . ”
11:03 am ON Jan 5 2010
Q : What are you go to do about making the App Marketplace more known , as match to Apple ’s app store ?
A : Their marketing for Nexus One will ab initio be online . They ’re using all the on-line advert tools , and will admit all parts of the phone , including the Android Market .
11:04 am ON Jan 5 2010
Q : Why was it necessary for Google to plan the sound ? Why could n’t it just be an HTC headphone running the new look of Android ? And will these unexampled features becoming to Droid ?
A : It ’s inaccurate to say Google design the earpiece ( decimal point to HTC CEO ) . [ Google ] is just merchandising it online . Everybody will get 2.1 when it ’s open source , within a match of Clarence Shepard Day Jr. .
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Q : What are the revenue opportunities for Google ?
A : It ’s about advert . There is a small margin on unit sale , but making certain masses get access to Google services and get online is their#1priority .
11:10 am ON Jan 5 2010
The equipment has Wi - Fi , but they have n’t locked down tethering .
11:14 am ON Jan 5 2010
Q : This phone is your best speech sound , but it does n’t have a physical keyboard . Does that mean a strong-arm keyboard is idle ? And , is Google go to retail other Cartesian product online ?
A : The HTC scheme is that there are different people who favour dissimilar contour constituent . This conception focus on the screen and the form divisor , and has one of the beneficial on - screen keyboard experience . And on the software program side there ’s interpreter input . This is not the only equipment that is proceed to be part of the offering .
11:18 am ON Jan 5 2010
Q : Why is there a US limitation on multitouch .
A : HTC Droid Eris supports multitouch in the US . But we leave the option loose , it ’s a software matter . We ’ll consider it .
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Q : How are you make the differentiation between Superphones and Smartphones , and will the Verizon Nexus One accompaniment CDMA + GSM , or just CDMA ?
A : The GHz and the gigabyte storage , and the various other computer software innovations makes it so that the industriousness needs a new term to refer to these phones . Some of the subsequent phones will be world phones , we ’re very focused on that .
11:28 am ON Jan 5 2010
My take : basically , superphone is an arbitrary full term , since phones are always develop . What will the next whole step up be ? Super super phones ? Great earpiece ? I do n’t recollect superphones is go bad to take .
11:38 am ON Jan 5 2010
In regards to next update , they intend to promote every gadget to the in force software package interpretation they can support . Not all headphone and chips can support all computer software revision , like not all old computing equipment can lead Windows Vista or Windows 7 .
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In case there was any question , the Verizon Nexus One will be CDMA .
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Q : Are you exit to still adjudicate to port Google Voice to the iPhone , or are you going to oppress that for your own efforts ?
A : We ’re not the Google Voice squad , but that team is n’t opposed to make their program work on other political program .
Q : You used to say no Google Phone , what chance ?
A : I was very exact in what I said . I said Google wo n’t build hardware , and they will always work with partners .
11:42 am ON Jan 5 2010
That ’s it , thanks for reading ! suss out the mainGizmodopage for more coming up .
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