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California: Google has unveiled its new Nexus One smartphone on Tuesday, the culmination of collaboration with HTC.
“I think you will see it pushes the limits of what’s possible on a phone,” HTC chief executive Peter Chou said as the smartphone debuted at Google headquarters in California, US.
“It is very thin and feels good in your hand.”
Nexus One handsets are no thicker than pencils and no heavier than keychain Swiss Army knives, Google engineer Erick Tseng said while demonstrating one of the smartphones.
“It is a great marriage of form and function,” Tseng said.
'Peter Chou, CEO of HTC, holds the phone during the launch'
The handsets feature new speech command capabilities that allow users to speak emails, text messages or Internet search queries. It can provide turn-by-turn spoken driving directions from a Google mapping program. The phone will be sold online in the US for $529 (Rs 24,000 approx) unlocked, without ties to a telecom carrier.
The phone as of now will only be available to buyers in Singapore, Hong Kong, Britain and the United States.
As far as India was concerned local representatives for Google refused to comment on the timeline, but said it would make an appearance in India for sure.
Like iPhones, Nexus One devices feature “accelerometer” capabilities allowing images or games on handsets to be controlled with twists or turns.
Google also has an online Android Marketplace stocked with about 20,000 functional or hip applications for phones running their software. But with a far greater stockpile of apps, Apple’s online store is considered among the reasons iPhones have become popular.
“We see no signs of the competition catching up any time soon,” Apple chief executive Steve Jobs said in a statement.
Source: Google launches the Nexus One phone, as usual India might have to wait a while, Tech - TechTalk - Mumbai Mirror
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