Google Phone coming in January!

[James]

With Android growing so rapidly we have today had some good news. The word on the street is that Google's first phone, the Nexus One will be available in January 2010.

Google Nexus One

 

I do believe that this will be the first device sporting Android version 2.1 which should guarantee a huge number or early sales. Although this device has been manufactured by HTC it is believed that there will be no branding on the handset itself, allowing for a total "Google" experience.

The screen on the Nexus One is rumoured to be a 3.5 inch capacitive OLED display with a resolution of 480 x 800, the same resolution as the Motorola Droid, but will be lighter in weight due to having an onscreen keyboard as opposed to a slide out QWERTY keyboard.

Although the specs have not be confirmed yet we are expecting a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. Lets hope so, as if we have guessed right this device could be a serious competitor to the much larger HTC HD2.

Whatever happens, this is a great move by Google and we will be sure to bring you any confirmed news as soon as we get it.

 

Posted by: James

[licenced]

Even though I only recently got the Hero I'm interested in this phone.

Have you heard that rumoured released date with regard to UK/Europe? I was worried it just meant the US when I'd heard it before.

[MR_LENNY]

I heard that the UK is included in that release date, i hope thats true

I'm still not convinced by the design of the device though

[stuart20uk]

I'm very attracted to the iPhone, but I have never quite felt fully comfortable with Apple products for some reason. I think it might be iTunes that puts me off and how it organises my music and demands such frequent updates. Anyway, I'm very interested in the Nexus One. Not sure it will be the iPhone killer, but if Google's behind it then it may make a decent go of it?