This page contains some news quotes about Google for year 2010.
Nexus One, the Google Phone
January 5, 2010
"Two years after announcing Android, Google answers the question "where's my GPhone?" by launching Nexus One. It's not the first Google-branded phone manufactured by HTC, but it's the first Android phone sold by Google."
"Google set up an online store for Android phones and Nexus One is the first phone that's available for sale. Andy Rubin likes to call it a superphone because it's much more than a regular smartphone. Even if Nexus One is probably the best Android phone on the market, it's far from being revolutionary."
"The phone is available for purchase in the United States and can be shipped to the UK, Hong Kong, and Singapore. You can buy it unlocked for $529 or buy it for $179 with a T-Mobile plan. In the coming months, Google will ship the phone in many other countries and will add support for other carriers, including Verizon and Vodafone."
"Why launch a phone and sell it only on Google's site? To create some excitement and to connect the phone with Google's brand. Nexus means "bond, link", so the phone is the link between Google's users and Google's mobile services."
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2010/01/nexus-one-google-phone.html
Google Nexus One Hits 20K Mark in a Week
January 14, 2010
"A report suggests that the Google Nexus One hit 20,000 units sold in its first week. Given Google's purpose here, is that a low or high number?"
"A few weeks before the release of the Google Nexus One, we believed that Google was likely going to offer the phone unlocked to developers. On January 5th it became clear that Google had other plans, and rumors of the search giant selling its own smartphone directly to consumers turned out to be true."
"Some analysts predicted that the Nexus One would sell in the millions, likely based on the assumption that the phone would be a strong competitor to Apple's iPhone. Prior to the launch of the Nexus One, it did however become clear that we weren't necessary talking about a super-smartphone. Based on specifications, the Nexus One is as super as most other high-end smartphone out there, but it also shares those phones biggest challenge: How to stand out from the crowd?"
"The current sales numbers of the iPhone proves that Apple has managed to create a smartphone brand that stands out from the crowd. It simply sells itself. With the introduction of the Nexus One, it's pretty clear that Google wants to try accomplishing the same: Create a smartphone brand that sells itself. With "Freedom to choose" being sort of a slogan for Google's Android effort, the Nexus One also partly represents a vision of "Freedom to choose" as far as carrier strings attached is concerned."
"When looking at the Nexus One sales numbers as presented by Flurry recently, the fact that 20,000 people in the U.S. purchased the phone in its first week can only be seen as a milestone. Although these numbers aren't accurate, let's just say that every week in the next year, 20,000 people will buy the Nexus One. We would then end up with 1 million users having opted for "Freedom to choose" in January 2010, led by only one single smartphone. Add ten smartphones to the mix using the same numbers, and you'd get 10 million users."
"Our point is that the initial Nexus One sales numbers may seem low, but when looking at the purpose of the sales method we could be seeing the beginning of a revolution here. The fact that Verizon Wireless will soon join Google's new effort can only be seen as a rock solid move towards a new era in the way U.S. consumers will be allowed to operate as far as their "Freedom to choose" is concerned. With new multi-mode chipsets down the road, we hope the LTE era will take it all to the ultimate level, where you can buy a Nexus One with a Verizon Wireless subscription and after a year you can seamlessly move it to AT&T Wireless if you want to. That's a given elsewhere in the world, and the time is ready for the same to happen in the U.S."
http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/10751.html
Google Cuts Nexus One Price for T-Mobile Customers
January 15, 2010
"Google Inc. says it is cutting the price of its new Nexus One phone for existing T-Mobile subscribers, who were paying $379 to upgrade to the device if they already had a data plan."
"Those same customers will now pay $279 for the device — a price that previously was only available to T-Mobile customers who did not have data plans."
"Google says anyone who paid the higher price and is eligible will be given refunds."
"The regular price of the phone is $179 for people who sign up for a new two-year contract with T-Mobile, or $529 for people who want to use a different wireless carrier."
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=9576481
Google Begins Replying to More Nexus One Complaints
January 15, 2010
"Google appears to be trying to boost its customer support for Nexus One customers, posting replies to many more queries on its online forum."
"Google has come under fire since the launch of the Nexus One after hundreds of messages were posted with complaints or questions about the phone. Many customers said that after calling T-Mobile they were referred to HTC, the phone's maker, or the reverse. Google does not have a customer-service phone line, and customers sending e-mails were being told to wait one or two days for a reply."
"On Friday, some even basic questions on the Nexus One forum got answers from Google customer support. For instance, one person asked if the phone would be available in Jordan, a question that Google answered on the day it introduced the phone. But a Google employee going by the name "ThatChrisGuy" posted a response, saying that the phone isn't available in Jordan and he's not sure when it will be."
"Late on Thursday, Google also made a slight change to its pricing plan. In response to the more than 650 messages inquiring or complaining about costs to existing T-Mobile customers who want to upgrade to the Nexus One, Google said it standardized the pricing for eligible T-Mobile customers."
"Initially, T-Mobile customers who had data plans and who qualified for an upgrade were paying US$379 for the Nexus One phone. Those without data plans paid $279. Now, upgrade-eligible T-Mobile customers will get the lower $279 price. Customers are eligible for an upgrade if they are at least 22 months into their contract."
"People who have already paid $379 for the phone will get a $100 refund."
"The new pricing option does not appear to address complaints from people who are on T-Mobile's family plan. On the forum, people who say that they are on the family plan and have been for years are not eligible for any discounted price on the Nexus One."
"When asked to clarify eligibility rules, Google referred the question to T-Mobile. T-Mobile said that pricing questions are best answered by Google, since it sells and markets the phone."
"In response to queries from people having problems ordering, Google also posted a message saying that it has had a problem with orders from some countries. More than 450 messages in one topic describe how some customers have ordered the phone but even after days have not received a confirmation of their order."
http://www.pcworld.com/article/187011/google_begins_replying_to_more_nexus_one_complaints.html
Nexus One
Nexus One: Tour
http://www.google.com/googlephone/tour/
Nexus One: Feature overview & Technical specifications
Size
- Height 119mm
- Width 59.8mm
- Depth 11.5mm
Weight
- 130 grams w/battery
- 100g w/o battery
Display
- 3.7-inch (diagonal) widescreen WVGA AMOLED touchscreen
- 800 x 480 pixels
- 100,000:1 typical contrast ratio
- 1ms typical response rate
Camera & Flash
- 5 megapixels
- Video captured at 720x480 pixels at 20 frames per second or higher, depending on lighting conditions
Cellular & Wireless
- UMTS Band 1/4/8 (2100/AWS/900)
- HSDPA 7.2Mbps
- HSUPA 2Mbps
- GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
- Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
- Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
- A2DP stereo Bluetooth
Power and battery
- Removable 1400 mAH battery
Talk time
- Up to 10 hours on 2G
- Up to 7 hours on 3G
Processor
- Qualcomm QSD 8250 1 GHz
Operating system
- Android Mobile Technology Platform 2.1 (Eclair)
Capacity
- 512MB Flash
- 512MB RAM
- 4GB Micro SD Card (Expandable to 32 GB)
Graphics, video and audio
- Image: JPEG (encode and decode), GIF, PNG, BMP
- Video: H.263 (encode and decode) MPEG-4 SP (encode and decode) H.264 AVC (decode)
Language support
- Keyboard: English (U.S), French (France), German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil)
- Display: English (U.S), French (France), German, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Korean, Japanese, Russian
http://www.google.com/phone/static/en_US-nexusone_tech_specs.html
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