Google has brought out the Nexus One which is an Android open source operating system enabled smartphone. Nexus One is the latest Android enabled smartphone which has been released. It was released worldwide on 5th January 2010. Nexus One uses the Android operating system that has been developed by the Google Corporation. Android, the newest operating system for a mobile platform, is the latest in mobile communication. The Android operating system is based on the Linux kernel, and involves native code writing in the Java programming language, which also includes, middleware and even a number of important key applications.
The numerous features of the Android operating system include the following: Multi-touch features, an Android Market which is almost like a mini Web, an Environment for development (which includes tools for debugging and enhancing performance, and various plugins), Additional support for hardware, Java operating system support, Media support (Android supports a large number of multimedia file formats), amazing storage, superb net connectivity, and other facilities. The Android operating system is indeed well equipped. It supports all networking technologies that are available including GSM, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, CDMA, UMTS, EDGE, and many others. In addition the above mentioned features, the Android operating system also boasts of a Dalvik virtual machine, SQLite for storage of data in an orderly manner, optimized graphics, an integrated web browser, application framework features, media support, and many more incredible features.
Nexus One is the ultimate smartphone. Google has incorporated the best features of all the Android enabled smartphones in the market, and has also included a number of other features in the designing of this phone. The phone can be bought directly from the Google website, and the price is $529. A number of plans are available where one can pay in instalments, so one can make a choice upon the mode of payment, depending upon one’s requirements. The most important features of the phone include noise cancellation microphones which serve dual purpose; GPs guided voice instruction to people driving cars, and the ability to convert speech into text instantaneously. Nexus One boasts of amazing hardware and software specifications. These specifications include:
- Operating system- Android 2.1 (Eclair)
- Power- Removable 1400mAh battery, Charged using MicroUSB port
- CPU-1 GHz Qualcomm QSD 8250 Snapdragon ARM
- Storage capacity- Flash memory: 512 MB, microSD 4 GB, expandable to 32 GB
- Display- 800 x 480 px, 3.7 in (94 mm), 252.15 ppi, 3:5 aspect ratio, WVGA, AMOLED
- Input- Multi-touch touchscreen display which is capacitive
- Camera- 5.0 megapixel with video, geotagging, LED flash and auto focus.
- Connectivity- Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, Micro-USB, A-GPS
- Quad band GSM 850 900 1800 1900 MHz GPRS/EDGE and Tri band UMTS 900 1700 2100 MHz HSDPA/HSUPA
- Online services- Android Market
- Dimensions-119 mm x 59.8 mm x 11.5 mm
- Weight- 130 g (4.6 oz) with battery, 100 g (3.5 oz) without battery
All these specifications have made the Nexus One smartphone something of a marvel in the smartophone genre. More than 16000 phones are being shipped everyday and the numbers are steadily rising, according to Google. It seems like Google is going to offer steep competition the market leaders of mobile phone manufacturing, like Samsung, and HTC.
