Review of the HTC Google Nexus One

Look, Design, Feel (8/10)also be found in the middle of the smartphone
Nexus One is sleek, light and an exceptionally thinand the logo of HTC near the bottom.
smartphone, but gives brilliant power to its visualLive wallpapers with animated backgrounds
applications to the delight of the user. The backenables interactive feature with the phone.
cover is made from a rubber-like plastic, whichHowever, this may entail added consumption to
boosts users' grip of the phone and it has 4-setthe battery while playing the features of the
of touch-sensitive controls that can be found rightwallpapers. Nexus One has smooth animations in
under the touch screen.its Image Gallery wherein transitions and sorting
The Nexus One, which is built by HTC for Google,options are made easy.
has an Android OS 2.1 on a 1 GHz SnapdragonThe high quality 5-megapixel built-in camera of the
processor. As the Nexus One applies thephone has the maximum resolution of 2592 x
operating system of Google, it gives easy and1944 pixels. Taking photos at night time is never
convenient access to a variety of Google's onlinea problem with this phone.
services such as email, calendar and navigation. ItWith the Android 2.1 feature of this phone, it is
has a 512MB RAM, 512MB ROM, 4GB microSDpossible to dictate messages such as SMS and
in-box expandable to 32GB. It has a 3.7-inch wideemails to text, integrate multiple accounts in Gmail.
WVGA (800 x 480 pixels) AMOLED touchscreenThere is also the QWERTY keyboard for those
with 100,000:1 typical contrast ratio and 1mswho do not choose to use the 'speech to text'
typical response rate, wherein its high resolution,feature. It easily plays H.263 videos, but
high pixel density organic light-emitting diodeunfortunately the phone has no DivX/XviD
(OLED) display is close to perfection. The picturesupport. It can support.mp4,.3gp,.3g2,.m4v video
quality is very impressive, with great contrast andformats though.
profusion of colors! It is just one of the bestOther qualities of this smartphone include a
displays in the mobile market! Nexus One'scalculator, a speakerphone, a compass, an A2DP
5-megapixel camera has autofocus and has astereo Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, text and multimedia
trackball navigation capability. It has a LED flashmessaging, and the user can access multiple
and a 720x480 video capture @ 20FPS, and dualGoogle applications like YouTube, Google Voice,
microphones for noise cancelling. There is noPicasa, Google Talk, and Google Goggles.
slide-out keyboard for this smartphone becauseConnectivity (7/10)
everything is done on its onscreen virtualHTC Google Nexus One has all possible
keyboard.connectivity tools that must be included in a
There are 2 different shades of grey for thestate-of-the-art device like the GPRS and EDGE
Nexus One. Physical buttons are almost invisible onclass 10, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps and HSUPA 2 Mbps,
this phone. The phone is grey, but it is available inWi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, and
two different grey shades. There are almost nomicroUSB 2.0. Nexus One can perform speeds of
physical buttons on the HTC Nexus One. It hasup to 5595 Kbit/ download and 4023 Kbit/s on
only the volume rocker on the top left side of theWi-Fi connection, 835 Kbit/s download and 56 Kbit
phone and a power button on the top of thes upload on the Orange 3G+ network and 149
volume rocker. The front of the phone alsoKbit/s download and 89 Kbit/s upload on EDGE
features a trackball below the screen. The backnetwork.
of HTC Nexus One houses the 5 megapixelNexus One can be connected through T-Mobile,
camera lend and a LED flash unit on its right.Verizon, AT&T and soon, Sprint. The user can
Features (7/10)use any of the mentioned telecom providers since
The phone runs on the Android OS 2.1. The lastthe phone is an unlocked phone.
version compresses the visual aspect of the OSPerformance (8/10)
and the 2.1 brings some fresh features such asThe phone is easy to use, from power on/off
Facebook integration, or Quick Contacts. With itsbutton to the trackball. Its sensitivity to web
1GHz processor, it is not a pain in the pocket toconnection is superb since it is powered by Google
buy all new hardware to take advantage of aresources. Its multimedia features that include the
smartphone's high-end capabilities.5-megapixel camera and video recording are
The small white trackball of Nexus One isimpressive, except for the camera wherein taking
seemingly fabulous because it can be used tophotos during intense lighting is quiet a concern.
scroll up and scroll down in menus, and using theHowever, capturing images at night time is
trackball makes web browsing fun and easy. Itremarkable. Crashing web connectivity is never a
lights up upon receiving messages or calls andproblem for this phone.
even on missed ones. The power on/off button isValue for Money (7/10)
placed on top left, while there is a 3.5mm jackNexus One is quite expensive but with the
port on the right. The power button can be usedfeatures and applications included in this
to lock/unlock the device. This is one nice featuresmartphone, its price is worth the purchase,
for left-handed users because this is the onlyespecially for businessmen who will enjoy its fast
button that can change the power from standby.and easy applications.
The microUSB port for charging can be found onPros
the bottom side of the phone. Above the display+ Beautiful LED screen (high resolution to date)
are two hidden sensors for the light and+ Responsive touch screen
proximity. On the back portion of the phone is the+ Fast processing speed
5-megapixel camera with flash and a little+ Impressive Android 2.
loudspeaker to the right side. A Google logo can