In this video I compare four of the top Android smartphones, the Motorola Devour, the HTC Droid Eris, the Motorola Droid and the Google Nexus One to see which is the best Android phone for you.
Recently the blogosphere has been rife with rumour about Google’s new smartphone. Tweets and blog posts were popping up everywhere late last year signifying the amount of expectation this release has on it. That rumour is now a reality as pictures of the handset started cropping up all over the web after the phone was launched yesterday the 5th of January to great tech anticipation. The Nexus One model is manufactured by HTC and runs on Google’s Android open source operating system, boasting extra features such as voice directions while driving, a native Gmail application, and the ability to transcribe voice to text.
With moderate success after releasing the Android system on other handsets such as the Motorola Droid, Google are now hoping to really challenge Apple’s domination of the smartphone market. Initial reactions suggest the Nexus One looks like a handset that has the potential to knock the iPhone from its podium as the most popular web capable mobile phone.
The design of the device is much like the HTC passion, ultra slim and sleek and not far removed from the iPhone’s style. As for its hardware the powerful 1ghz Snapdragon processer makes it faster than the Motorola Droid and the iPhone 3GS, particularly for browsing the web. The Nexus One’s OLED screen is slightly larger at 3.7 inches producing a higher contrast ratio with vivid colours and a brighter picture. The camera is only 5-megapixels but it there is a competent flash and the pixel spec should soon improve.
The usability of the touch screen is top notch, it’s up there with Apple’s user experience, which is just what you’d expect from a Google device. But is launching it as an official Google model enough to distinguish it against the other market leaders? In November 2009 Blackberry released the 9700 Bold to massive acclaim and now that the iPhone’s available on Orange as well as O2 contract deals are becoming more competitive opening it up to yet more people. I’ve found no evidence of MP3 abilities but I’m sure this will be rectified before long.
Google are top of their game in most digital endeavours and it’s been interesting to watch their steady approach into the mobile market, first offering an alternative operating system and now introducing a handset under the Google moniker. The answer’s now will come from the public’s reception and whether the Nexus One can appeal to the mainstream or if it’s only going to be revered by geeks and gadget enthusiasts.
Google unveiled its answer to the iPhone yesterday with the launch of the Nexus One, which is set to dominate the smart phone market. So just what is this phone all about? The name nexus is a link or the means of connecting several things, also it covers the middle, centre or core of it. And is just what the Nexus mobile phone aims to be – the centre of the mobile phone universe. Being launched as the first significant mobile phone release of the decade, the phone represents just about everything that is key to the current mobile device market.
Undoubtedly this is a truly magnificent piece of engineering as one would expect from the major player. It raises the bar and goalpost again for the competition and leaves us open for a superb year of innovation.
Ergonomically designed so it simply slips naturally into your hand, displaying its round soft curves rather than the hard edges other handsets. Weight wise it is 130g which shows the Nexus One is lighter than its competitors, with the iPhone coming in at 136g and the Motorola Milestone the heavier at 170g as well. The Nexus One is also slightly narrower and thinner at 11.5mm.
It ticks all the boxes and features of what a futuristic smart phone should be. It has a fantastic 3.7 inch widescreen, AMOLED screen, and this delivers 720×480 pixels resolution. It appears far more clearer and crisper than any other display screen currently available on the mobile phone market, as well as delivering an impressive touchscreen responsiveness of the iPhone and equally being fast.
Web wise, another feature which has certainly captured the blogging world’s eye is the addition of what they call live wallpapers, and these are also available on the Motorola Droid mobile phone. The Google Nexus One offers 10 as an initial selection of these animated images that can evolve throughout the day. Probably more significantly, it offers excellent noise cancelling, a proximity sensor to stop you accidentally pressing buttons whilst the phone is in use up at your ear, it also has a highly effective speaker phone available.
With the cunning combination of Android 2.1 sitting above the Snapdragon CPU which clocked in at a cool 1GHz with 512Mb RAM & ROM, it really does enable you to zap through opening up applications and then moving between them, even on EDGE, where 3G is currently unavailable at the moment.
Equally if you look at its multimedia credentials they are very competent with the modest 5 megapixel auto focus camera and its LED flash, along with the 32GB memory card capacity. It also delivers an interesting Android application called Google Goggles, and this tries to recognize what is in photos and then slides off to generate search results relating to them. Google Goggles can currently recognize logos, wine, books, artwork, contact information, landmarks and places currently, with Google looking to add more variety of objects in the future including plants amongst others.
Its case of Teflon-coated back and sides are simultaneously rubbery to touch, yet tough and soft at the same time makes it feel quite sensuous, one to definitely make the heads turn.
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Which one is better, I so wanna get the both of them but what are the pros and the cons to having them. Also I hear that Verizon is supposed to get the iPhone 4g, how much do you think that it would cost being a new customer to Verizon and with little or no credit. Should I get the Nexus one or the iPhone Verizon?
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