Unless you have been living in the Big Brother house or under a rock you surely cannot have failed to notice that Google launched their first own-brand mobile handset the Google Nexus One. There aren’t many mobiles that make the headlines across a range of mainstream media outlets, probably the last one to get the same attention would have been the iPhone!
Quite a few people thought that Google already had their own phone out on the market. There has been confusion over the T-Mobile G1, which did bare the Google name, many thinking that was one of Google’s own products. However, the Nexus One is the first handset that Google have launched, branded and marketing themselves. Google launched the handset a little over two weeks ago at a huge press event and it went on sale, direct from Google, on the same day.
Since the launch the Nexus One, built for Google by our old friends HTC, has got some negative press. Issues the 3G connectivity, especially on the T-Mobile network in the USA have been reported almost everywhere, included here on the blog. We’ll be sure to cover that later on in the review.
So I’ve been using the Nexus One for almost two weeks and have made it my day-to-day device. I’ve been playing with Android software, flashing new ROM builds on it and generally getting my hands dirty with it. So let me tell you what I think of it!
The 10 second review:
- Device: Google Nexus One
- Price: $529 + shipping (UK Import Price £460 roughly)
- Summary: Definitely the best Android device and one of the few devices I’ve used recently to make me leave the iPhone at home!
- Best of: Fabulous AMOLED screen, speedy and responsive. Exchange email support (read on!)
- Worst of: No Exchange calendar sync. Lack of desktop software like the iPhone’s. Small memory card supplied.
Please read on for the full review:
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