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After our long wait and after weeks of leaks and revelations, the Google Nexus One has been officially revealed!

Google has now finally confirmed their much awaited self-branded smartphone which they refer to as the “Superphone”. Now that they’ve got one in hand up on a stage, we suppose we’ll have to set aside all of our doubts.

Nexus One official specs (which matched our leaks):

3.7-inch AMOLED display, 1GHz Snapdragon processor, compass, GPS, accelerometer, light and proximity sensor, 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, 3.5mm headphone jack, and a multicolored LED under the trackball. The audio has received an upgrade. It has two microphones, one of which is used for noise cancellation.

Google showed off some of its dynamic touchscreen features of the software. For example, one of the wallpapers is a lake with leaves. When you touch it, it will ripple. It’s quite nifty, actually. The phone is actually HTC branded, unlike the pre-release versions we’ve seen, and can be custom engraved with two lines of text at the time of order, for that extra personal touch. Every text field is voice-enabled. Every time you speak, it will process your speech into text. It gets better and better the more you use it. (How awesome is that)

After the long wait, it has absolutely met our expectations – slick, fast, and a smartphone that can beat the hell out of iPhone.

Some photos:

It’s official! Google Nexus One site is now live!

Yes folks! You heard it right! You can now start placing those orders and satisfy your hunger.

At the site, you will see the prices once you click on the blue button “Get Your Phone”. We’ve already had an idea on the pricing: Nexus One Unlocked is for $529, free shipping in the US. Package includes Nexus One phone case, a wall charger, and USB cable. From T-Mobile, with the Even More individual 500 Plan and a new two year agreement, the Nexus One Phone will cost you $179.

But that’s not all! Verizon and parent company Vodafone, will also carry the Google Nexus One Phone. According to the site, they both will carry the Android handset by Spring 2010. The Nexus One will be available with Verizon service, [but not unlocked]; the Vodafone version will be the regular GSM model.

So it is confirmed! Your very own Nexus One is just one click away! Go grab one now! You know you want to!

Google launches its one of a kind smartphone that has brought excitement to all of us.

The Google phone aka Nexus One is finally here!

The device is an HTC-built Android handset that has a very sleek and stylish design that can easily go toe-to-toe with the iPhone 3GSs, Pres, and Droids of the world, powered by the latest version of Android (2.1 “Flan,” if you’re counting), and hand-retooled by Google. But can it really live up to the hype attributed to it? No one really knows, until we get our own hands on it.

Here’s a little preview:

HTC has managed to get the thickness of the phone down to just 11.5mm, and it measures just 59.8mm and 119mm across and up and down — kind of a feat when you consider the guts of this thing. In the hand it’s a bit lighter than you expect — though it’s not straight-up light — and the curved edges and slightly tapered top and bottom make for a truly comfortable phone to hold. Its physical attractiveness is at the top of the line and is undeniably irresistible. On the glass-covered front of the device there are four “hardware” buttons (just touch-sensitive spots on the display) laid out exactly as the Droid’s four hard keys: back, menu, home, and search. Clearly this is going to be something of a trend with Google-approved devices.

The Nexus One has a trackball, unlike the Droid, though there’s literally nothing in the OS that requires it. Along the left side you’ve got a volume rocker, up top there’s a sleep / wake / power button on one end, and a 3.5mm headphone jack on the other, and along the bottom there’s a micro-USB port, a mic hole, and three gold dots that look destined for some kind of dock. At the back, you’ll find a 5mp camera accompanied with a LED flash, however, it didn’t have a physical camera key. Despite the minor downside, HTC and Google have put together one heck of a phone!

The Nexus One runs atop the much-hyped, rarely seen 1GHz Snapdragon CPU from Qualcomm (the same processor powering the HD2) — really the highlight of this phone. The display is an AMOLED, 480 x 800 capacitive touchscreen, and the handset also contains a light sensor, proximity sensor, and accelerometer, along with an HSPA-capable GSM radio (AWS and euro 2100MHz bands only for 3G — sorry AT&T users), WiFi, the prerequisite AGPS chip, and a microSD slot (which comes loaded with a 4GB card, but is expandable to 32GB). By late-2009 / early-2010 standards, there’s really nothing notable about the guts of this phone beyond the presence of a Snapdragon processor, and even that left something to be desired.

One place where Google has really made some smart decisions is within the Gallery application. Instead of the drab, flat iterations of Android past, the new version is extremely attractive and user friendly, giving you far more options than before (like a nice pan and scan slideshow) and making browsing photos a much more enjoyable experience.

On the other hand, as we mentioned in our previous post, there’s no multitouch on the Nexus One. Now, we can live with a browser or Google Maps with no pinch-to-zoom, but not having a hardware keyboard hamstrings this device in other ways.

All we can say is, Nexus One is not a phone without faults (all phones have one), but they’re pretty few and far between and it’s that balance which makes the phone such an intriguing piece of hardware.

In case you haven’t heard about how amazing the Nexus One aka Google Phone is, here is a quick preview – It is HTC-built and runs Android 2.1 atop a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, a 3.7-inch, 480 x 800 display, has 512MB of ROM, 512MB of RAM, and a 4GB microSD card (expandable to 32GB). The phone is a T-Mobile device (meaning no 3G if you want to take it to AT&T), and includes the standard modern additions of a light sensor, proximity sensor, and accelerometer. It has a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, the phone is incredibly thin and sleek — a little thinner than the iPhone — but it has pretty familiar HTC-style industrial design. It’s a very slim and feels pretty good in your hand. You do not have to wait for that Google event to know more about the Nexus One – just read on to get a closer look.

Everyone has the same question in mind – will this be the new iPhone Killer? Well, we can never tell, but one thing we can say, it’s really not very different than the Droid in any substantial way. And yes, the design is much better and amazingly faster than iPhone and Droid. It is very smooth, though we still noticed a little stuttery behavior (very slight, mind you) when moving between home pages. Still, opening applications and moving between them was super speedy, as was Google maps, and any area of the phone where you’ve got to get through long lists. One other note: multitouch has not been included here, so while the functionality is supported in Android 2.0 and up, we’re still dealing with a one-finger-at-a-time experience… which leaves something to be desired when you’ve got a beautiful touchscreen like this to play around on.

The phone visual experience is incredible. One is the “live” wallpapers, some of which react to touch, but all animate in the background while you’re on the homescreen. Throughout the phone there are also new animations and flourishes which make Android 2.1 feel way more polished than previous iterations (including the Droid’s 2.0.1), though it’s still got a ways to go to matching something like the iPhone or even Pre in terms of fit and finish. Regardless, it’s clear Google has started thinking about not just function but form as well, and that’s very good news for Android aficionados.

More reviews will come your way as the release becomes nearer. But for now, satisfy your “Google phone hunger” with these photos and videos. Watch out for more Nexus one awesomeness.

Google have announced an “Android press gathering” on January 5th, and said to start receiving Nexus One orders on the same date at 9AM.

The event, to be held in Mountain View, will feature both a launch presentation and hands-on opportunities with the device. Though as you will notice, the Google Phone is not mentioned in this invitation, it seems to be the center of attraction in the said event. Carrier support in the US is expected to be provided by T-Mobile, who will act as “dumb pipe” while Google themselves distribute and support the hardware itself.

As many of us remember, “Google will be selling these phones by invitation only” at first. So does this mean this is your invitation?

There are rumors running around that Google will sell Nexus One unlocked and subsidized for $530, and that Google will sell it by themselves. Now that’s interesting!

Yeah, you heard it right! It is $530 unsubsidized. You can also get it at $180, subsidized, when you sign up for a 2 year mandatory contract with T-Mobile with only one rate plan available – $39.99 Even More + Text + Web for $79.99 total. That’s bad news for those who do not want to switch subscribers. Plus, if you cancel your plan before 120 days, you have to pay the subsidy difference between what you paid and the unsubsidized price, so $350 in this case. Or you can return the phone to Google. You also authorize them to charge this directly to your credit card.

In this case, you might just gonna have to purchase it unlocked and unsubsidized for $530, which, actually might save you money over two years if you already have a cheap plan.

And since Google will only sell it through google.com/phone, you will have to buy using your Google account and you can only buy five Nexus One phones per Google account.

One weirdness in the Terms of Sale that we quickly glanced through was that Google made sure you acknowledged that the manufacturer is HTC, and not Google.