Google Phone Nexus One
Earth Satellite Maps has returned from a lunar hiatus to shed some light on a phone that is simply out of this world. I mean hello people, it is 2010 thus making it a year where everything sounds VERY futuristic.
All the buzz around the Apple iPhone will be a thing of the past once you lay your eyes on this gem of a phone. Google is attempting to takeover the mobile phone industry with a new phone: Google Nexus One. Backed by their massive marketing and corporate branding, Google will surely dive head first into the realm of telecommunications.
This is quite a shift from the company’s original stance as a neutral distributor of the Android mobile operating system, used by multiple carriers on multiple handsets. Now Google is competing with the very manufacturers that use its OS. As it may well tick off Google’s current and future Android partners, just what features were so important to Google that it would take a risk like that? Especially, when you check the tag and see the $530!
In staying ahead of the curve, Google considers this the next logical step in smartphones. Super Fast, super convenient, always-connected, expandable, and fully dependent on the internet. And while the Nexus One isn’t completely there yet, it’s about as close as anyone can get right now in 2010.
Google has done a good job here, laying out a phone that fits a future business model for many. In other words, Google thinks a phone should be your connection to the internet information cloud, which in turn hooks you to other humans, entertainment, the detritus of your professional life and, of course, any queries that can be answered by searching the vast Google indexes. Thumbs up from us here at Earth Satellite Maps.
PROS: Cool Design, Speed, Voice Recognition, Trackball Navigation, 5 mega-pixel Camera with GPS stamp, Synchronized with Google Products, Google Earth Maps / GPS Included Free, 4 GB SD Card.
CONS: Battery Life questionable, Multi-touch not supported, slow synching to computer.
PRICE: $530 unlocked. $180 with 2-year T-Mobile contract.
