Google Launches Nexus One: T-Mobile Plan Available Now, Verizon and Vodafone Coming Soon

[bretm]

Here is a review of Nexus where the guy tested video camera. He says: Video on the Nexus One shoots at 27FPS, and again I don’t feel it truly matches up with the iPhone for the same reasons as stated above with the camera.

Ok - so how do I add the correct pulldown to make it look normal in a 30fps video production? That's right. I don't.

The iPhone will drop to 15fps if it has to, which is simply a halfing of the frame rate and looks very natural. There are also specific pull down methods for 24fps conversion to 30fps. I don't see why these phones even try to shoot 30fps. 24 fps saves space and bandwidth and is pretty standard for broadcast.

 

[Minimoose 360]

Apple needs to step it up. The new iPhone this summer better not be anything like the current ones, except for the core of the iPhone OS.


Just saying.

 

[G58]

Android, Nexus, and why lab coats to launch a phone?

If this device is intended to be anything more than a techie wet dream, why is it called 'Nexus One'? It sounds like a space ship from a '70s TV sci-fi prog. that no-one but spotty techies remember. Surely the 'Google Phone' would have been a lot better name.

As if it isn't bad enough that it's running an OS with the alienating title of 'Android', Google's insistence on trying to be far too clever, whilst delivering what is actually a very average, under powered [out of the box] device, is effectively creating a barrier to at least half of its buyer base. Women are turned off by techie terms. In reality though, that turned off number is probably closer to 70-80%, if the results of surveys already carried out are anything to go by.

And while we're at it, why the hell were the Google staff at the event wearing lab coats - to launch a phone?? Were they really trying to fool us into thinking this thing is special? How stupid are they at this marketing game? Having already gone for cheaper, to beat iPhone they have to be more hip, not more inaccessible. It's all mixed messages and hype. Perhaps more importantly, how stupid do they think we are?

I predict this thing will effectively dilute, if not actually destroy the market for the products already being offered by Google's original Android partners, leaving Google alone to sell this HTC device direct. I can see where their thinking is - they get to play like Apple, but at what cost, and to what level of ultimate success?

Apple sell iPhones as part of a family of devices, available from an established network of stores and online. Nexus One is Google's only consumer hardware offering. Supporting online retailing of just one device isn't cost effective. Quite simply, it's bad business all round. Even though Amazon wasn't a tech company before it launched Kindle, they did at least have the retail set-up to handle distribution.

Apple surely aren't worried. MS must be, as are Nokia and RIM, all of whom are likely to lose market share to this over-hyped, not very attractive toy. Thanks largely to OS X, iPhone's market position, despite not having first mover advantage, is so strong, Nexus One is ultimately nothing more than a market research tool for Apple.

As Omar teaches, if you come at the king, you best not miss.

 

[KnightWRX]

Surely the 'Google Phone' would have been a lot better name.

And this is where you fail. This is not a Google Phone. It's an HTC phone that just happens to be the device chosen to launch Google's phone website.

Rest of your rant is ridiculous, Android is as much mainstream as the iPhone is.

 

[auero]

I've had MANY phones and ultimately I found myself complaining about the same thing over and over.

I learned you should pick your phone based on your preference of a network. I love the iPhone; it's a great phone. Every phone has its issues and it's to be expected but mine was at the root. AT&T for my needs and where I am didn't cut it at all, especially for the amount I was paying.

I think the Nexus on Verizon will be a great choice and I look forward to getting it. If Verizon did have the iPhone, I wouldn't bother with any other phone and probably and get that but again, thats not the case.

You can't enjoy or be happy with a good phone if you have spotty reception.

 

[miketcool]

Ok - so how do I add the correct pulldown to make it look normal in a 30fps video production? That's right. I don't.

The iPhone will drop to 15fps if it has to, which is simply a halfing of the frame rate and looks very natural. There are also specific pull down methods for 24fps conversion to 30fps. I don't see why these phones even try to shoot 30fps. 24 fps saves space and bandwidth and is pretty standard for broadcast.

Seriously, you're trying to talk up a really lackluster feature that is more fun then practical. It is like talking about how crappy the radio sounds because of the cheap speaker on an all-in-one radio, flashlight, knife, bread-maker.

Sure the speaker is cheap, rated at 8ohms; but when you turn up the volume to half-slider, it doesn't vibrate as much plastic as the CVS branded one.

 

[miketcool]

If this device is intended to be anything more than a techie wet dream, why is it called 'Nexus One'? It sounds like a space ship from a '70s TV sci-fi prog. that no-one but spotty techies remember. Surely the 'Google Phone' would have been a lot better name.

iPhone sounds like a lame menu item off a joint internet café/fast food restaurant.

I'll have an iRib combo, with a side of the 10" iFries. Hold the pickles and give me some FireWire sauce!

 

[G58]

And this is where you fail. This is not a Google Phone. It's an HTC phone that just happens to be the device chosen to launch Google's phone website.

Rest of your rant is ridiculous, Android is as much mainstream as the iPhone is.

It says Google on the back! It IS Google's phone. Sure HTC made it. We all know that. As for Android being "as much mainstream as the iPhone", you need to check your facts.

Try conducting a simple test: go out into the street tomorrow and ask 10 people to name a cell phone they aspire to own. I'll give you $10 for every one you can film spontaneously saying "Nexus One".

Come back here in 12 months time and we'll see what's failed and who's ridiculous, silly little man.

iPhone sounds like a lame menu item off a joint internet café/fast food restaurant.

I'll have an iRib combo, with a side of the 10" iFries. Hold the pickles and give me some FireWire sauce!

That would be why it's such a success then! You clearly don't understand anything about marketing.

 

[miketcool]

It says Google on the back! It IS Google's phone. Sure HTC made it. We all know that. As for Android being "as much mainstream as the iPhone", you need to check your facts.

Try conducting a simple test: go out into the street tomorrow and ask 10 people to name a cell phone they aspire to own. I'll give you $10 for every one you can film spontaneously saying "Nexus One".

Come back here in 12 months time and we'll see what's failed and who's ridiculous, silly little man.

Hopefully he doesn't live in Mountain View, Taoyaun, or Las Vegas...

 

[gerz85]

Just get out from behind the keyboard and fight like real men.

 

[miketcool]

That would be why it's such a success then! You clearly don't understand anything about marketing.

So there is the success. May not be the superior product, but because of marketing...

Just check out the super popular Snuggie. Turn a robe backwards, give it a catchy name, BAM, cash cow.

 

[ChazUK]

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 1.6; en-us; Archos5 Build/Donut) AppleWebKit/528.5+ (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.1.2 Mobile Safari/525.20.1)

LOL @ thread.







ONLY 512 MB FOR APPZ, IT IS THE SUXX - This is being addressed in an update to store apps on the SD Card.







WAIT, IT IS THE SUXX COZ ANDROID DOESN'T SUPPORT MULTITOUCH COZ OF TEH APPLE PATENTS - Android 2.0 onwards fully supports multitouch via the multitouch api's in the sdk.







OKAYZ THEN, IT IS TEH SUXXORZ COS IT SAIS U CAN HAVVE 32GB BUT THERE ARE NO 32GB CARDS! THIS IS TEH MISLEADING AND PEOPLE WILL SUE TEH GOOGLE! - 32gb cards are on the way and the nexus will support them when it arrives.







OK, THIS IS THE KILLER COMPLAINT... WHY ISN'T IT CALLED TEH GPHONE? NEXUS ONE SOUNDS LIKE A SCIFI NAME THAT SUXXORZ! - There is no google phone, this is simply a new handset by HTC....







What's next on the hate list people?

 

[miketcool]

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 1.6; en-us; Archos5 Build/Donut) AppleWebKit/528.5+ (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.1.2 Mobile Safari/525.20.1)

LOL @ thread.

ONLY 512 MB FOR APPZ, IT IS THE SUXX - This is being addressed in an update to store apps on the SD Card.

WAIT, IT IS THE SUXX COZ ANDROID DOESN'T SUPPORT MULTITOUCH COZ OF TEH APPLE PATENTS - Android 2.0 onwards fully supports multitouch via the multitouch api's in the sdk.

OKAYZ THEN, IT IS TEH SUXXORZ COS IT SAIS U CAN HAVVE 32GB BUT THERE ARE NO 32GB CARDS! THIS IS TEH MISLEADING AND PEOPLE WILL SUE TEH GOOGLE! - 32gb cards are on the way and tge nexus will support them when it arrives.

OK, THIS IS THE KILLER COMPLAINT... WGY ISN'T IT CALLED TEH GPHONE? NEXUS ONS SOUNDS LIKE A SCIFI NAME THAT SUXXORZ! - There is no google phone, this is simply a new handset bu HTC....

What's next on the hate list people?

Next you should tackle basic syntax, grammar and spelling.

 

[ChazUK]

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 1.6; en-us; Archos5 Build/Donut) AppleWebKit/528.5+ (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.1.2 Mobile Safari/525.20.1)

LOL @ thread.



ONLY 512 MB FOR APPZ, IT IS THE SUXX - This is being addressed in an update to store apps on the SD Card.



WAIT, IT IS THE SUXX COZ ANDROID DOESN'T SUPPORT MULTITOUCH COZ OF TEH APPLE PATENTS - Android 2.0 onwards fully supports multitouch via the multitouch api's in the sdk.



OKAYZ THEN, IT IS TEH SUXXORZ COS IT SAIS U CAN HAVVE 32GB BUT THERE ARE NO 32GB CARDS! THIS IS TEH MISLEADING AND PEOPLE WILL SUE TEH GOOGLE! - 32gb cards are on the way and tge nexus will support them when it arrives.



OK, THIS IS THE KILLER COMPLAINT... WGY ISN'T IT CALLED TEH GPHONE? NEXUS ONS SOUNDS LIKE A SCIFI NAME THAT SUXXORZ! - There is no google phone, this is simply a new handset bu HTC....



What's next on the hate list people?

Next you should tackle basic syntax, grammar and spelling.

Some genuine spelling errors but the text in CAPS is written in a way to convay how the complaints have changed once they have been disproven in a comedic manner.



The complaints so far are as lame as my overdramatic spelling.

 

[LagunaSol]

iPhone sounds like a lame menu item off a joint internet café/fast food restaurant.

Indeed, iPhone is surely Apple's lamest product name ever. I was dumbstruck when they actually named it that. And if they name their tablet (if it exists) the iTablet or such I'll be aghast. Newton was such a great brand - they need to bring it back. Drop the iStuff already, Apple. It's passed its sell-by date.

But Nexus One is just as bad. Seriously, who are they targeting with such a device brand? Doesn't Google realize that the smart phone market of the future is all about Joe and Jane Q. Public? It's not about the hardcore geek anymore. You don't name your phones after stellar constellations and run ads with giant robotic red eyes or talk about your phone like it's a bad-arse 4x4. The sci-fi geeks just aren't that big a market (take Battlestar Galactica - one of the best TV shows ever and it couldn't even make it to a mainstream network for broadcast).

I can't wait for the Nexus Twelve Mark V.

The Android marketing approach really boggles my mind. It's right up there with Gates/Seinfeld and the chewy computers.

 

[miketcool]

Hilarious analysis.

I just read that the phone is Teflon coated too. Overclock it and you won't need oil to keep your eggs from sticking!

 

[miketcool]

Indeed, iPhone is surely Apple's lamest product name ever. I was dumbstruck when they actually named it that. And if they name their tablet (if it exists) the iTablet or such I'll be aghast. Newton was such a great brand - they need to bring it back. Drop the iStuff already, Apple. It's passed its sell-by date.

But Nexus One is just as bad. Seriously, who are they targeting with such a device brand? Doesn't Google realize that the smart phone market of the future is all about Joe and Jane Q. Public? It's not about the hardcore geek anymore. You don't name your phones after stellar constellations and run ads with giant robotic red eyes or talk about your phone like it's a bad-arse 4x4. The sci-fi geeks just aren't that big a market (take Battlestar Galactica - one of the best TV shows ever and it couldn't even make it to a mainstream network for broadcast).

I can't wait for the Nexus Twelve Mark V.

The Android marketing approach really boggles my mind. It's right up there with Gates/Seinfeld and the chewy computers.

iSlate is interesting. Some sort of internet ready roofing material? Or just some ignorant kid slang for "isolate".

I dunno, we're talking about a Taiwanese company, at least it doesn't have the word "super" in the name. It is supposed to be a device where everything comes together, a nexus, I can respect that. It will be less tiring then ROKR, RAZR, and PEBL.

I dig the Droid ads. They are directly targeted at iPhone users. Questions and robot demos are always a plus. How many people really get offended with the Hal-esque eye?

 

[jingbugle]

Hilarious analysis.

I just read that the phone is Teflon coated too. Overclock it and you won't need oil to keep your eggs from sticking!

LOL

 

[miketcool]

I hope this becomes a TV ad:

Web meets phone

You have to admit, the collaboration between these two companies is pretty impressive. I know as a designer, being able to market, and package ideas like this is EXTREMELY difficult. This is a beautiful synthesis of design.

 

[miketcool]

I also enjoy this familiar looking background found in the video...

 

[DMann]

But Nexus One is just as bad. Seriously, who are they targeting with such a device brand? Doesn't Google realize that the smart phone market of the future is all about Joe and Jane Q. Public? It's not about the hardcore geek anymore. You don't name your phones after stellar constellations and run ads with giant robotic red eyes or talk about your phone like it's a bad-arse 4x4. The sci-fi geeks just aren't that big a market (take Battlestar Galactica - one of the best TV shows ever and it couldn't even make it to a mainstream network for broadcast).

I can't wait for the Nexus Twelve Mark V.

Nexus One - Fortifying Shampoo & Conditioner for Damaged and Dry Hair

The iPhone name may have been predictable, but at least the product's name is inextricably linked to a single company.

Nexus One - a product destined to be as fragmented as the platform on which it runs.

It's right up there with Gates/Seinfeld and the chewy computers.

Anything to distract from the product at hand.

 

[Ironduke]

The fact this phone is a V10 compared to apples v8 is mute...

All apple put in their phones is hardware that is capable with what apple want us to do with the OS.

 

[gctwnl]

So I buy an iPhone with no contract at $600 for 16MB, but if I want to but if I want a 32MB, what do I do? Why, I pay more money! Surprise, surprise-- you pay more for more storage. At least w/ Google you can upgrade the memory without having to buy a whole new phone.

True, that is a nice consequence of the SD-card memory architecture. If Google fixes the problems with the SC Card architecture (they might for instance by putting an encrypted volume on it based on a phone hardware ID so you cannot exchange what is on it) they may have fixed one of the most important drawbacks.

 

[DMann]

So there is the success. May not be the superior product, but because of marketing...

Just check out the super popular Snuggie. Turn a robe backwards, give it a catchy name, BAM, cash cow.

Here lies the marketing power of a winning combination:

Name with extreme brand value and awareness + a product which lives up to its extraordinary hype.

iMac, iPod, iPhone - they all work to establish and heighten brand awareness, much more so than a creative name, such as MacapalozzaPhone, might have.

It seems better and more sensible to use what's already effective, than vying to wedge a new trendy name into the marketplace. (Zune)

 

[gctwnl]

I don't imagine Apple execs are exactly laughing at this thing, but they probably got a quick internal chuckle and promptly went back to work. This is the "Superphone"? Sheesh.

If the laugh at it or even chuckle or say 'sheesh', they should be fired. If they do not take all competition serious, they will go down. And I think they know that.

Andy Grove from intel called this "only the paranoid survive" some years ago.

I don't think they laugh at it. Android will be a success, it seems. The question is: will it be a success such that iPhone will suffer? The jury is still out and will be for a while.